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Re: "format-patch" command doesn't support SSH signing

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2021, 16:02 UTC
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<211123.86wnkyuaeq.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 23 2021, Marcos Alano wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I was trying to generate a patch to send to a project (Linux
> specifically) but when I generate the patch using "format-patch" I saw 
> there was no "Signed-Off" line, but my commit is signed using SSH. My
> git version is the latest, 2.34.

The Signed-off-by in commit messages doesn't have anything to do with SSH, GPG etc. signing, it's just a way of signaling that you're the author of the change, and/or can certify it as being includable in the project for authorship & copyright reasons. It's mostly used in linux.git and git.git, see a "git grep Signed-off-by" in those for more details.

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  1. Marcos AlanoNov 23, 2021
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  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 23, 2021
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