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[PATCH 0/1] Clarify and expand description of --signoff

From
Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>
Date
Oct 15, 2020, 21:59 UTC
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<20201015215933.96425-1-bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>

As you know, it's rare that Conservancy offers specific patches upstream to our member projects, but I've attached a patch that updates the documentation regarding Signed-Off-By.

While the Git and Linux projects use this specifically to refer to a DCO as published on the URL provided, other projects have various meanings of Signed-Off-By, and we noticed in a recent check of Conservancy member projects that details on it vary. Ultimately, I don't think Git wants anyway to opine about the meaning of Signed-off-by for every project that uses Git, so this documentation change hedges while still explaning and recommending the DCO used by Linux and Git.

Peff gave me some feedback on this change and we did a bit of redrafting in a private email thread, but I think this is now ready for public review and discussion.

I apologize in advance if I've made a mistake in format or form in submitting this patch; it's my first upstream contribution to Git! I did try my best to follow Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt carefully! :)

Bradley M. Kuhn (1):
  Documentation: Clarify and expand description of --signoff
 Documentation/git-commit.txt    | 13 ++++++++-----
 Documentation/merge-options.txt | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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  1. 0/1 Clarify and expand description of --signoffBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 15, 2020
  2. 1/1 Documentation: Clarify and expand description of --signoffBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 15, 2020
  3. Jeff KingOct 16, 2020
  4. Theodore Y. Ts'oOct 18, 2020
  5. Philippe BlainOct 16, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2020
  7. Jeff KingOct 16, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2020
  10. Jeff KingOct 16, 2020
  11. Bradley M. KuhnOct 17, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2020
  13. Theodore Y. Ts'oOct 19, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2020
  15. 0/3 clarify and expand description of --signoff & related fixesBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 19, 2020
  16. 1/3 Documentation: clarify and expand description of --signoffBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 19, 2020
  17. 3/3 SubmittingPatches: clarify DCO is our --signoff ruleBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 19, 2020
  18. 2/3 Documentation: stylistically normalize references to Signed-off-by:Bradley M. Kuhn, Oct 19, 2020
  19. Taylor BlauOct 19, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2020
  21. 0/4 clarify meaning of --signoff & related doc improvements in describing Signed-off-byBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 20, 2020
  22. 1/4 doc: preparatory clean-up of description on the sign-off optionBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 20, 2020
  23. 2/4 Documentation: clarify and expand description of --signoffBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 20, 2020
  24. Bradley M. KuhnOct 20, 2020
  25. Taylor BlauOct 20, 2020
  26. 3/4 SubmittingPatches: clarify DCO is our --signoff ruleBradley M. Kuhn, Oct 20, 2020
  27. 4/4 Documentation: stylistically normalize references to Signed-off-by:Bradley M. Kuhn, Oct 20, 2020
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2020
  29. Bradley M. KuhnOct 20, 2020
  30. Taylor BlauOct 20, 2020
  31. Bradley M. KuhnOct 20, 2020
  32. Taylor BlauOct 20, 2020
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2020
  34. Bradley M. KuhnOct 20, 2020
  35. Taylor BlauOct 20, 2020

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