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docs: add Co-Developed-by docs

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When Co-Developed-by tag was added, docs were only added to
Documention/process/5.Posting.rst and were not added to
Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst

Add documentation to Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
[jc: tweaked commas in the subheading]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Tobin C. Harding 2018-03-05 14:58:21 +11:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your
tree.
12) When to use Acked-by: and Cc:
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12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
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The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path.
@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the
patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties
have been included in the discussion.
A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people
work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by:
line in the patch as well.
13) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
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