Co-author a commit with PyCharm

26 Feb, 2025

Do you want to start your contribution to Django using a closed or a stale Pull Request using the vulture method?

✨ Fantastic ✨

In this case, it is always a good idea to ask the previous owner of the Pull Request for permission and include their name as a co-author to thank them for their work.

Adding a co-author in PyCharm’s Commit Tool

Instead of manually writing a commit in the terminal, you can easily add a co-author using PyCharm’s integrated commit tool window.

This is an example of your commit message:

awesome commit

Co-authored-by: Raffaella <45825990+raffaellasuardini@users.noreply.github.com>

Why this approach?

• No typos: PyCharm will autocomplete Co-authored-by: for you when you start typing c.
• Suggestions: No need to look up emails manually. If your co-author has contributed before, PyCharm will suggest their details.

Important: leave a newline empty between the commit message and the co-author name, as shown in the example.

This is probably the easiest, fastest (and more fun!) method I used for this task. You can use this method with PyCharm Professional and PyCharm Community Edition.

Last but not least: congratulations for your commit!🎉