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

> 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>
> ---
> 
> This is something I have done in my workflow for a long time, and it seems
> like a weird omission to me. Signoffs can be done on git-am without having
> a second commit, and I often have a workflow where I am picking patches from
> other users' topic branches and have reviewed the patch and would like to
> signoff when I pull it into my tree.
> 
> I'm not particularly happy about the 4 case if statement at the end, so I'd
> be happy to clean that up if anyone has suggestions.
> 
>  builtin-revert.c |   11 ++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin-revert.c b/builtin-revert.c
> index 607a2f0..433d0dd 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 +405,14 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
>  	 */
>  
>  	if (!no_commit) {
> -		if (edit)
> +		if (edit && !signoff)
>  			return execl_git_cmd("commit", "-n", NULL);
> -		else
> +		else if (edit)
> +			return execl_git_cmd("commit", "-n", "-s", NULL);
> +		else if (!signoff)
>  			return execl_git_cmd("commit", "-n", "-F", defmsg, NULL);
> +		else
> +			return execl_git_cmd("commit", "-n", "-s", "-F", defmsg, NULL);