Hi,
On 2026-04-06 12:27:52 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 05:46:55PM +0200, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> > Using Author in the header instead of the footer has the benefit of
> > actually being recognized by other tools like GitHub, just like
> > Co-authored-by is recognized in the footer. Right now, on GitHub a
> > non-committer author only shows up if they are listed as Co-authored-by,
>
> Yes, I remember that benefit of Co-authored-by.
That fundamentally conflicts with your re-interpretation of it, doesn't it? It
being recognized by github is an argument for using it as the primary tool of
non-committer attribution, whereas you want to use it to list people that
should not be credited with the change.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
