On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 12:39:05PM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> 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.
Yes, it does conflict. I was just saying I remember it was part of the
2024 discussion.
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