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Re: [PATCH] Documentation tutorial.txt: Teach the reader about git commit -a -s

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JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
Nov 20, 2006, 22:52 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 11:30:56PM +0100, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
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> I think it's important to mention, in the collaboration section,
> that is possible to use the -s option to add the Signed-off-by
> line
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>

The -s option is easy to learn later, and isn't really necessary for basic project management; I'd rather leave it out of the first tutorial.

(In fact, the best place for it may be in SubmittingPatches or equivalent for the particular project.)

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