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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 7e9abb8a276b..dcadffcab2dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -396,13 +396,13 @@ you are responsible for last-minute changes. Example : [lucky@maintainer.example.org: struct foo moved from foo.c to foo.h] Signed-off-by: Lucky K Maintainer <lucky@maintainer.example.org> -This practise is particularly helpful if you maintain a stable branch and +This practice is particularly helpful if you maintain a stable branch and want at the same time to credit the author, track changes, merge the fix, and protect the submitter from complaints. Note that under no circumstances can you change the author's identity (the From header), as it is the one which appears in the changelog. -Special note to back-porters: It seems to be a common and useful practise +Special note to back-porters: It seems to be a common and useful practice to insert an indication of the origin of a patch at the top of the commit message (just after the subject line) to facilitate tracking. For instance, here's what we see in 2.6-stable : |