Update the attribution policy to use the 'Author' property of a git commit
authorDaniel Sanders <daniel_l_sanders@apple.com>
Thu, 9 Jan 2020 18:32:32 +0000 (10:32 -0800)
committerDaniel Sanders <daniel_l_sanders@apple.com>
Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:29:27 +0000 (10:29 -0800)
commita5230ac10b0dac9a1981838209b4cbc84870c08c
treecb21934377bb300edb390329d80f71b773437ad0
parent572b9f468ad6844795fec29a7e671ba64d82e8c2
Update the attribution policy to use the 'Author' property of a git commit

Summary:
The older method of adding 'Patch by John Doe' is documented in the
`Attribution of Changes` section to support correct attribution of commits
that pre-date the adoption of git.

Reviewers: hfinkel, aaron.ballman, mehdi_amini

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Tags: #llvm

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D72468
llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst