<s>
A	O
committer	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
individual	O
who	O
is	O
permitted	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
project	O
,	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
official	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
contribute	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
most	O
large	O
software	O
projects	O
,	O
one	O
must	O
make	O
modifications	O
and	O
then	O
"	O
commit	O
"	O
those	O
changes	O
to	O
a	O
central	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
,	O
such	O
as	O
Git	B-Application
(	O
or	O
CVS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
,	O
the	O
committer	B-General_Concept
role	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
distinguish	O
commit	O
access	O
,	O
a	O
specific	O
type	O
of	O
responsibility	O
,	O
from	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
contribution	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
triaging	B-Error_Name
issues	I-Error_Name
or	O
organizing	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
an	O
author	O
submits	O
a	O
software	O
patch	O
containing	O
changes	O
and	O
a	O
committer	B-General_Concept
integrates	O
the	O
patch	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
have	O
a	O
"	O
commit	B-General_Concept
bit	I-General_Concept
"	O
on	O
one	O
's	O
user	O
account	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
permitted	O
to	O
contribute	O
source	O
code	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
dates	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
literal	O
binary	O
digit	O
to	O
represent	O
yes-or-no	O
privileges	O
in	O
access	O
control	O
systems	O
of	O
legacy	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
and	O
software	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commit	B-General_Concept
bit	I-General_Concept
represents	O
the	O
permission	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
shared	O
code	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
resigned	O
or	O
may	O
be	O
removed	O
due	O
to	O
inactivity	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
as	O
dormant	O
committer	B-General_Concept
accounts	O
can	O
represent	O
security	O
risks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-General_Concept
committers	I-General_Concept
are	O
usually	O
the	O
lead	O
developers	O
of	O
a	O
project	O
and	O
are	O
the	O
ones	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Relatedly	O
,	O
committers	B-General_Concept
are	O
usually	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
review	O
of	O
patches	O
submitted	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
for	O
inclusion	O
into	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
successful	O
review	O
,	O
usually	O
consisting	O
of	O
conformance	O
to	O
coding	O
standards	O
and	O
ensuring	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
introduce	O
any	O
new	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
the	O
committer	B-General_Concept
will	O
commit	O
that	O
specific	O
patch	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
patch	O
submitter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
to	O
becoming	O
a	O
committer	B-General_Concept
can	O
vary	O
across	O
projects	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
common	O
ways	O
to	O
do	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Becoming	O
a	O
committer	B-General_Concept
in	O
an	O
existing	O
project	O
often	O
involves	O
becoming	O
active	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
mailing	O
lists	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
with	O
supplying	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
enough	O
involvement	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
committers	B-General_Concept
can	O
then	O
vote	O
you	O
in	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
committer	B-General_Concept
.	O
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