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Update contibuter docs to mention that DCO signoff is mandatory (#28)
Signed-off-by: Abhilash Shetty <[email protected]>
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@@ -29,7 +29,23 @@ OpenEBS is an Apache 2.0 Licensed project and all your commits should be signed
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- Commit body should include details such as why the changes are required and how the proposed changes.
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- DCO Signed.
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* If your PR is not getting reviewed or you need a specific person to review it, please reach out to the OpenEBS Contributors. See [OpenEBS Community](https://github.com/openebs/openebs/tree/HEAD/community).
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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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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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## 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 that contributors have confirmed their right to license their contribution under the project's license. Please read [dcofile](https://github.com/openebs/openebs/blob/HEAD/contribute/developer-certificate-of-origin). If you can certify it, then just add a line to every git commit message:

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