Creating a commit on behalf of an organization

To create commits on behalf of an organization:

• you must be a member of the organization indicated in the trailer
• you must sign the commit
• your commit email and the organization email must be in a domain verified by the organization
• your commit message must end with the commit trailer on-behalf-of: @org <name@organization.com>
  • org is the organization's login
  • name@organization.com is in the organization's domain

Organization's can use the name@organization.com email as a public point of contact for open source efforts.

Creating commits with an on-behalf-of badge on the command line

1. Type your commit message and a short, meaningful description of your changes. After your commit description, instead of a closing quotation, add two empty lines.

   $ git commit -m "Refactor usability tests.
   >
   >

   Tip: If you're using a text editor on the command line to type your commit message, ensure there are two newlines between the end of your commit description and the on-behalf-of: commit trailer.

2. On the next line of the commit message, type on-behalf-of: @org <name@organization.com>, then a closing quotation mark.

   $ git commit -m "Refactor usability tests.
   >
   >
   on-behalf-of: @org <name@organization.com>"

The new commit, message, and badge will appear on GitHub.com the next time you push. For more information, see "Pushing changes to a remote repository."

Creating commits with an on-behalf-of badge on GitHub

After you've made changes in a file using the web editor on GitHub, you can create a commit on behalf of your organization by adding an on-behalf-of: trailer to the commit's message.

1. After making your changes, at the bottom of the page, type a short, meaningful commit message that describes the changes you made.

2. In the text box below your commit message, add on-behalf-of: @org <name@organization.com>.

   

3. Click Commit changes or Propose changes.

The new commit, message, and badge will appear on GitHub.com.

Further reading

• "Viewing contributions on your profile"
• "Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?"
• "Viewing a project’s contributors"
• "Changing a commit message"