[Kde-scm-interest] accountability

[Jeff Mitchell]

Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Em Quarta-feira 18. Novembro 2009, às 07.31.50, Riccardo Iaconelli escreveu:
>> Mmh... but this is a problem also with SVN, no?
> 
> No. In SVN, if you commit, you're the author.

And in Git, if you merge someone else's code, you're the "author" too.

Yes, their name and email address (which could be fake) show up in the
history -- but ultimately the developer making the merge is taking
responsibility for the code.

This isn't any different than with SVN, where a developer commits a
patch and credits a name and email address, both of which may be
fakes/temporary.

From a policy/accountability perspective I don't see how this is really
different from SVN.

--Jeff

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