From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:09:43 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/17] revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation
Message-ID: <20110718200943.GB6657@elie.gateway.2wire.net>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0mfRR4M_VRQbpXzM97i4-fjF9=S+xPpCuwL-EQmaA9jfw@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder writes:

>> Hmm, I thought I remembered this coming up previously and Junio
>> mentioning that it was intentional (maybe in the context of
>> CHERRY_HEAD?), but I haven't been able to find the relevant message.
>
> Hm, not automatically signing off on a commit resolution.  I'm not
> sure I understand why.

Well, "intentional" doesn't mean "good behavior".  I've already said I
don't like it. :)  If you remind me, I'll write a patch to make the
sign-off from cherry-pick -s persist.

[...]
> Wait.

Thanks for a nice explanation.  The detail that seems to be missing is
that the meaning of --signoff is intended to be per-project.  In some
projects, it might represent "I reviewed this" or something else
rather than the developer's certificate of origin.