Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system

Posted Jan 21, 2024 15:05 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system by josh
Parent article: Jujutsu: a new, Git-compatible version control system

Could the problem here be a "certificate of authenticity" problem? Like the kernel's "signed-off-by tag" or whatever it's called?

I know I don't understand the kernel's setup, and I gather there's quite a bit of cargo-culting there, so it's quite a hard problem to solve, but it's trying to get a cast iron guarantee that the person contributing a fix actually has the right to contribute it.

I certainly get the impression that certain sub-system maintainers demand certificates (or they won't merge a patch) from people who clearly have no authority to grant them, so ...

The only way to securely fix the problem is to have something like a CLA where a lawyer quizzes you and says "you DO have the right to contribute this patch, don't you?".

Cheers,
Wol