From a481d6aafb03adc7dfe50d60aa1efc49c64d3404 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:39:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of private sign off to contributing guidelines (#1462) --- CONTRIBUTING.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index 2aeefd7e..46c6c560 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -167,3 +167,15 @@ include the line in your commit or pull request comment:: can't be accepted. Git makes this trivial - just use the -s flag when you do ``git commit``, having first set ``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs (which you should have done anyway :) + +Private sign off +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If you would like to provide your legal name privately to the Matrix.org +Foundation (instead of in a public commit or comment), you can do so by emailing +your legal name and a link to the pull request to dco@matrix.org. It helps to +include "sign off" or similar in the subject line. You will then be instructed +further. + +Once private sign off is complete, doing so for future contributions will not +be required.