I think the idea is that you use a topic branch and each incremental piece is authored by the individual that authored it. Then the branch is merged in when the

I think the idea is that you use a topic branch and each incremental piece is authored by the individual that authored it. Then the branch is merged in when the feature is done. If someone helps substantially at the atomic commit level, then they get greetz in the commit message; the person with 50%+ responsibility should get the author flag. If commits are in small enough units, that should be pretty doable and all code remains properly attributed. I do sympathize that not enough attention has been given to this, though, and there are probably people who don't want to follow the branching model. Would be nice if you could identify multiple authors in git. Here's a bug discussing that: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=451880 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=451880