Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Committer" in English language version.
A committer is a developer that was given write access to the code repository […]
It's simply a phrase that originates in the access control systems of legacy version control systems, where a commit access was controlled by the value of a single binary digit (a bit).
A committer is a software developer who has the necessary rights to commit to a code repository. […] Typically, in a two-step process, an author submits a patch and a committer integrates the patch into the main code base.
A Contributor may become a Committer once having been nominated and voted in by other Committers.
FreeBSD committers may […] decide […] to resign their commit bit. […] a committer may become inactive over a long period of time without explicitly resigning their bit. Over the long term, these accounts can represent a security risk […]
An Author who is not a Committer still requires the assistance of a Committer to push changesets […]
Committers: […] people who have contributed to the project and are considered reliable and responsible enough to be allowed to commit directly to all or some parts of the project […]
The term "committer" might be used to distinguish commit access, which is a specific type of responsibility, from other forms of contribution.
A committer is someone who has commit access: the right to make changes to the copy of the code that will be used for the project's next official release.This precise definition is important because, after all, anyone can set up a repository containing a copy of the project's code and allow themselves to commit to that repository;
A committer is a software developer who has the necessary rights to commit to a code repository. […] Typically, in a two-step process, an author submits a patch and a committer integrates the patch into the main code base.
[…] people who can merge changes are referred to generally as people with a commit bit. For those who are curious, this term comes from privileged users on a BSD system often having a "wheel bit"
A committer is a developer that was given write access to the code repository […]
The term "committer" might be used to distinguish commit access, which is a specific type of responsibility, from other forms of contribution.
An Author who is not a Committer still requires the assistance of a Committer to push changesets […]
[…] people who can merge changes are referred to generally as people with a commit bit. For those who are curious, this term comes from privileged users on a BSD system often having a "wheel bit"
FreeBSD committers may […] decide […] to resign their commit bit. […] a committer may become inactive over a long period of time without explicitly resigning their bit. Over the long term, these accounts can represent a security risk […]
Committers: […] people who have contributed to the project and are considered reliable and responsible enough to be allowed to commit directly to all or some parts of the project […]
A Contributor may become a Committer once having been nominated and voted in by other Committers.
