The Apache Spark PR merge tool supports lead/co-author acknowledgement that shows up in the GitHub UI, we should try to follow this
https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
example commit apache/spark@5a7aa6f
Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm
Assignee: Wes McKinney / @wesm
PRs and other links:
Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-5716. Please see the migration documentation for further details.