The new Co-authored-by tag added for Copilot conflicts with existing meanings of the tag. Commit authors have certain benefits and responsibilities towards their commits which cannot be enjoyed nor fulfilled by AI agents.
The Linux kernel recently adopted new guidelines for AI-assisted Git commit messages that address those issues: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst#attribution
When AI tools contribute to kernel development, proper attribution helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process. Contributions should include an Assisted-by tag in the following format:
Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2]
Where:
AGENT_NAME is the name of the AI tool or frameworkMODEL_VERSION is the specific model version used[TOOL1] [TOOL2] are optional specialized analysis tools used (e.g., coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy)
Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed.
Example:
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse
With a wider adoption of those guidelines, platforms can start looking for those tags in commit messages just like Co-authored-by or Signed-off-by are supported and provide additional, dedicated visibility to the usage of AI agents.
Other discussion:
I think agent users would be more inclined to use this emerging standard as it could very well be required in more repos in the near future.
Example with Copilot:
Assisted-by: Copilot:claude-sonnet-4-6
The new
Co-authored-bytag added for Copilot conflicts with existing meanings of the tag. Commit authors have certain benefits and responsibilities towards their commits which cannot be enjoyed nor fulfilled by AI agents.The Linux kernel recently adopted new guidelines for AI-assisted Git commit messages that address those issues: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst#attribution
With a wider adoption of those guidelines, platforms can start looking for those tags in commit messages just like
Co-authored-byorSigned-off-byare supported and provide additional, dedicated visibility to the usage of AI agents.Other discussion:
I think agent users would be more inclined to use this emerging standard as it could very well be required in more repos in the near future.
Example with Copilot: