Re: [PATCH] Add a commit.signoff configuration variable to always use --signoff
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:50
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2016-06-15 · [PATCH] Add a commit.signoff configuration variable to always use --signoff · Adeodato Simó <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Add a commit.signoff configuration variable to always use --signoff · Thomas Rast <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Add a commit.signoff configuration variable to always use --signoff · Adeodato Simó <hidden>
Adeodato Simó [off-list ref] writes:
+commit.signoff:: + If set, 'git commit' will behave as if '-s' option was given. + Please use this option with care: by enabling it, you're stating + that all your commits will invariably meet the S-o-b + requirements for any project you send patches to. It's probably
This is true only if you set it in your global configuration. A more sane usage would be to have it per repository as you recommend in a later sentence, and "for any project" part is untrue when the reader does so.
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index b5d81be..abab839 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --signoff:: Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit - log message. + log message. This overrides the `commit.signoff` configuration + variable.
Good and careful thinking. I like it.