Kjetil Barvik [off-list ref] writes:
And the 'a' and the 'd' in the DCO I do agree with in this particular
situation, so I added a '--signoff' to the patches.
I think Dscho's suggestion was to sign-off when you commit, not when you
format-patch. It won't make any difference either way to me nor other
people who reads the list, because nobody can tell which way you used by
looking at your e-mail, but it is a good habit to get into if you work on
git or the kernel.