Re: Request for git merge --signoff

Dan Kohn [off-list ref] writes:

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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Dan Kohn [off-list ref] writes:

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Could you please add a `--signoff` option to `git merge`?

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The reason why we changed the default for "git merge" to start an
editor at around v1.7.10 was because we wanted to encourage people
to write log message that more meaningfully documents the change,
and adding sign-off is probably in line with that.

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I've done that "commit --amend" on a merge to tweak its message
myself number of times, but I have to admit that I never did so for
sign-off, but why not? ;-)

I'm not opposed to starting the editor, although ...
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Even if you turn down my request for a new flag here,...

Was I a bit too oblique?  I said that do think "merge --signoff" is
in line with the latest philosophy, i.e. not rejecting the idea of
add such an option.  IOW, patches welcome (either from you or other
people).