RE: https://hachyderm.io/@nedbat/116133445557306539
I got Ned's point, but I don’t think we can treat Claude (or similar tools) at the same level as a person.
We've never added tools (e.g. isort, Black, Ruff, ...) as co-authors of commits, even when they generated 100% of a commit.
Listing Claude as a co-author of a commit put it the same level as a person, but it's a tool.
The author of a commit is a person responsible for the code they submit, without shifting that responsibility to the tool, or worse, to the project maintainers.
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Paolo Melchiorre
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