Brandon Casey [off-list ref] writes:
So, this series should result in s-o-b and "(cherry picked from...)" being
appended to commit messages in a more consistent and deterministic way. For
example, the decision about whether to insert a blank line before appending
a s-o-b. As discussed, cherry-pick and commit will only refrain from
appending a s-o-b if the committer's s-o-b appears as the last one in a
conforming footer, while format-patch will refrain from appending it if it
appears anywhere within the footer.
Sounds sensible; we may want to fix format-patch later, but with
something like this series, it is just the matter of flipping one
bit.
Will queue. Thanks.