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[StGit PATCH] Autosign newly created patches

From
CMCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 12, 2008, 21:55 UTC
Message-ID
<20080912215515.10270.32667.stgit@localhost.localdomain>

This patch adds the autosign configuration variable which is checked by the "new" command to automatically sign the patch message.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
---

BTW, what happened to the patchdescr.tmpl file? It doesn't seem to be used anymore, however one can save a template file

 examples/gitconfig    |    3 +++
 stgit/commands/new.py |    8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/examples/gitconfig b/examples/gitconfig
index 4a36202..9efc089 100644
--- a/examples/gitconfig
+++ b/examples/gitconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 	# Automatically Bcc the address below
 	#autobcc = your.name@yourcompany.com
 
+	# Automatically sign newly created patches
+	#autosign = Signed-off-by
+
 	# Set to 'yes' if you don't want to use the 'resolved' command.
 	# 'refresh' will automatically mark the conflicts as resolved
 	#autoresolved = no
diff --git a/stgit/commands/new.py b/stgit/commands/new.py
index eb45e1b..4a58d52 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/new.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/new.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from optparse import make_option
 from stgit import argparse, utils
 from stgit.commands import common
 from stgit.lib import git as gitlib, transaction
+from stgit.config import config
 
 help = 'create a new patch and make it the topmost one'
 usage = """%prog [options] [name]
@@ -72,8 +73,13 @@ def func(parser, options, args):
 
     # Add Signed-off-by: or similar.
     if options.sign_str != None:
+        sign_str = options.sign_str
+    else:
+        sign_str = config.get("stgit.autosign")
+
+    if sign_str != None:
         cd = cd.set_message(
-            utils.add_sign_line(cd.message, options.sign_str,
+            utils.add_sign_line(cd.message, sign_str,
                                 cd.committer.name, cd.committer.email))
 
     if options.save_template:
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  2. Karl HasselströmSep 14, 2008
  3. Catalin MarinasSep 14, 2008
  4. Karl HasselströmSep 15, 2008

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