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Re: [PATCH] Trim hint printed when gecos is empty.

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APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 28, 2006, 14:03 UTC
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On Tuesday 2006 November 28 13:28, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> No. As has been often said, a signoff _has_ to be a conscious act, or else
> it will lose its meaning.

I'm not suggesting that a project integrator would have that switch on, but for me, in my own repository, where I am the only person writing patches, what possible case is there that I won't sign off?

> Once you are reasonably convinced you want to sign off on that commit,

I am always convinced. Perhaps I am doing wrong - please explain to me under what circumstance I would /not/ want to sign off on a commit. (assuming I am acting merely as a developer on a project, I am not accepting patches from anyone but me).

> just add "-s" to git-commit. And if you forgot, fix it by "git commit -s
> --amend". (Note that this is another nice example why "-a" by default
> would be wrong, wrong, wrong.)

I don't see what one has to do with the other. There are good arguments for not having "-a" default, but signing off isn't one of them.

Andy
-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
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Message 6 of 11 in “Trim hint printed when gecos is empty.”
  1. Trim hint printed when gecos is empty.Han-Wen Nienhuys, Nov 28, 2006
  2. Han-Wen NienhuysNov 28, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiNov 28, 2006
  4. Andy ParkinsNov 28, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2006
  6. Andy ParkinsNov 28, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2006
  8. Andy ParkinsNov 28, 2006
  9. Shawn PearceNov 28, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2006
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 29, 2006

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