doc: mention copyright assignment check prior to 'git push'

* README-hacking (Required format for check-in messages): Add a paragraph
aiming at maintainers to check that the author of the commit has proper
copyright assignment in place, or otherwise how to document that this
is not needed.
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Bernhard Voelker 2015-12-30 13:15:57 +01:00
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@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ these if they're not individually interesting. For example you could
just say "Update all callers to remove this function argument". If
that change spans several files, mention the other files modified.
Note for maintainers:
Prior to pushing a commit in the name of someone else to the public Git
repository, please check if that person has undergone the "Copyright
assignment" process for GNU findutils described below, or - in case of a
trivial (<10 lines) change - document that such paperwork is not required
by adding this line to the commit message:
Copyright-paperwork-exempt: Yes
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