From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:26:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add configuration variable for sign-off to format-patch
Message-ID: <20090401102610.GC26181@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090331204338.GA88381@macbook.lan>

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:43:48PM +0200, Heiko Voigt wrote:

> I see, it is of course true that you should not just sign off
> everything without thinking about it.
> 
> However I always read through my messages before sending them and it is
> way easier to delete that line than typing/copying it.

I agree. Personally, the concept of writing something that I _couldn't_
sign off on is so foreign to me that I would be very conscious of the
fact, and it would be simple to remove it during the final proof-read of
the patch that I do.

I think to satisfy everyone, though, you need some extra text in the
documentation indicating that signing off is supposed to be conscious,
and you should understand the implications of setting the variable.

-Peff