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[PATCH resubmit] Allow cherry-pick (and revert) to add signoff line

From
Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 26, 2008, 20:14 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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I often find myself pulling patches off of other peoples trees using cherry-pick, and following it with an immediate 'git commit --amend -s' command. Eliminate the need for a double commit by allowing signoff on a cherry-pick or revert.

Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
---
Documentation is a good thing too, so I've adjusted the patch to include it.
 Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt |    5 ++++-
 Documentation/git-revert.txt      |    5 ++++-
 builtin-revert.c                  |   20 +++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index f0beb41..ca048f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-x] <commit>
+'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] <commit>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ OPTIONS
 This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits'
 effect to your working tree in a row.
 
+-s|--signoff::
+	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index 93e20f7..13ceabb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-revert - Revert an existing commit
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] <commit>
+'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ OPTIONS
 This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
 effect to your working tree in a row.
 
+-s|--signoff::
+	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/builtin-revert.c b/builtin-revert.c
index 607a2f0..3f08cfe 100644
--- a/builtin-revert.c
+++ b/builtin-revert.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static const char * const cherry_pick_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static int edit, no_replay, no_commit, mainline;
+static int edit, no_replay, no_commit, mainline, signoff;
 static enum { REVERT, CHERRY_PICK } action;
 static struct commit *commit;
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &edit, "edit the commit message"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('x', NULL, &no_replay, "append commit name when cherry-picking"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('r', NULL, &noop, "no-op (backward compatibility)"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by: header"),
 		OPT_INTEGER('m', "mainline", &mainline, "parent number"),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
@@ -404,10 +405,19 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 	 */
 
 	if (!no_commit) {
-		if (edit)
-			return execl_git_cmd("commit", "-n", NULL);
-		else
-			return execl_git_cmd("commit", "-n", "-F", defmsg, NULL);
+		/* 6 is max possible length of our args array including NULL */
+		const char *args[6];
+		int i = 0;
+		args[i++] = "commit";
+		args[i++] = "-n";
+		if (signoff)
+			args[i++] = "-s";
+		if (!edit) {
+			args[i++] = "-F";
+			args[i++] = defmsg;
+		}
+		args[i] = NULL;
+		return execv_git_cmd(args);
 	}
 	free(reencoded_message);
 
-- 
1.5.5.1
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Message 5 of 7 in “Allow cherry-pick (and revert) to add signoff line”
  1. Allow cherry-pick (and revert) to add signoff lineDan McGee, Apr 20, 2008
  2. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2008
  4. Allow cherry-pick (and revert) to add signoff lineDan McGee, Apr 26, 2008
  5. Allow cherry-pick (and revert) to add signoff lineDan McGee, Apr 26, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2008
  7. Remove 'header' from --signoff option descriptionDan McGee, Apr 27, 2008

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