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Update contibuter docs to mention that DCO signoff is mandatory (#173)
Signed-off-by: Abhilash Shetty <[email protected]>
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* `test` - adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change
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* `refactor` - refactoring production code, eg. renaming a variable or function name, there should not be any significant production code changes
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* `cherry-pick` - if PR is merged in the develop branch and raised to release branch(like v1.9.x)
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### Sign your work
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We use the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) as an additional safeguard for the OpenEBS project. This is a well established and widely used mechanism to assure contributors have confirmed their right to license their contribution under the project's license. Please read [developer-certificate-of-origin](./contribute/developer-certificate-of-origin).
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Please certify it by just adding a line to every git commit message. Any PR with Commits which does not have DCO Signoff will not be accepted:
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```
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Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>
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```
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or use the command `git commit -s -m "commit message comes here"` to sign-off on your commits.
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Use your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions). If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can sign your commit automatically with `git commit -s`. You can also use git [aliases](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases) like `git config --global alias.ci 'commit -s'`. Now you can commit with `git ci` and the commit will be signed.
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## Code Reviews
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All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We use GitHub pull requests for this purpose. Consult [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests) for more information on using pull requests.

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