If it contributed significantly to the design and execution, and was a major contributing factor yes. Would you say a reserve parachute saved your life or would you say you saved your own life? What about the maker of the parachute?
I'd be thanking the reserve and the people who made it, and credit myself with the small action of slightly moving my hand as much as its worth.
Also, text editors would be a better analogy if the commit message referenced whether it was created in the web ui, tui, or desktop app.
Linux has used "Reviewed-by" trailers for many years. If you've only done minor editing, or none at all, it's something to consider.
If you review a juniors code, do you commit it under your name?
A junior is a person. A tool is a tool. Do you credit your text editor with authorship?
False equivalence. A text editor does not type characters that you didn't explicitly type or select.
If it contributed significantly to the design and execution, and was a major contributing factor yes. Would you say a reserve parachute saved your life or would you say you saved your own life? What about the maker of the parachute?
I'd be thanking the reserve and the people who made it, and credit myself with the small action of slightly moving my hand as much as its worth.
Also, text editors would be a better analogy if the commit message referenced whether it was created in the web ui, tui, or desktop app.
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That’s reviewing code vs contributing code.