{"thread":{"id":"15936","subject":"git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author","startedAt":"2008-10-17T10:11:55Z","lastAt":"2008-10-17T23:58:07Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["bain","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"93286","messageId":"6a7ddf4e-8fcb-4a39-b4c5-1396cf702c8b@f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com","threadId":"15936","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author","fromName":"bain","fromEmail":"bain@devslashzero.com","sentAt":"2008-10-17T10:11:55Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-17T10:11:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"bain@devslashzero.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/3f9bfde580be8d4de9df5a129387d9069d43eb1a65d745c583de9dfe9d97ebc8?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi all,\n\nIf i use git-commit --author \"A U Thor <author.example.net>\" -s it\nstill uses my global author.name and author.email to add signoff\nmessage.\n\nIs this expected behavior?\n\n\nthanks\nBAIN\n"},{"id":"93287","messageId":"0f761673-f0ec-4689-b1f1-8019d4540b0c@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com","threadId":"15936","inReplyTo":"6a7ddf4e-8fcb-4a39-b4c5-1396cf702c8b@f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com","subject":"Re: git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author","fromName":"bain","fromEmail":"bain@devslashzero.com","sentAt":"2008-10-17T10:31:44Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-17T10:31:44Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"bain@devslashzero.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/3f9bfde580be8d4de9df5a129387d9069d43eb1a65d745c583de9dfe9d97ebc8?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"> If i use git-commit --author \"A U Thor <author.example.net>\" -s it\n> still uses my global author.name and author.email to add signoff\n> message.\n>\n> Is this expected behavior?\n\nNever mind...\n\nLooking at the code i found out commiter name/email is used to\nsignoff, which is correct and can be different than author.\n\nBAIN\n"},{"id":"93321","messageId":"7vhc7ag4fk.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"15936","inReplyTo":"0f761673-f0ec-4689-b1f1-8019d4540b0c@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com","subject":"Re: git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2008-10-17T23:58:07Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-17T23:58:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"bain <bain@devslashzero.com> writes:\n\n>> If i use git-commit --author \"A U Thor <author.example.net>\" -s it\n>> still uses my global author.name and author.email to add signoff\n>> message.\n>>\n>> Is this expected behavior?\n>\n> Never mind...\n>\n> Looking at the code i found out commiter name/email is used to\n> signoff, which is correct and can be different than author.\n\nActually we _do mind_.  The users should not have to look at the code to\nfind this out.\n\nSend in a patch to clarify this in the documentation if it is not already\ndone, please.\n"}]}