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docs: add Co-Developed-by docs 

When Co-Developed-by tag was added, docs were only added to
Documention/process/5.Posting.rst and were not added to
Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst

Add documentation to Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
[jc: tweaked commas in the subheading]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your
tree. tree.
12) When to use Acked-by: and Cc: 12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
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The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path.
@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the
patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties
have been included in the discussion. have been included in the discussion.
A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people
work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by:
line in the patch as well.
13) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: 13) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
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