From: Mircea Bardac Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:22:58 GMT Subject: Re: git svn --add-author-from implies --use-log-author Message-ID: <48601432.2090707@mircea.bardac.net> In-Reply-To: <32541b130806231312l679aba31ra3daac2bb634cf1b@mail.gmail.com> Avery Pennarun wrote: > You can set config options for these, however: > > git config svn.addAuthorFrom true > git config svn.useLogAuthor true > > (I actually use "git config --global" to set these on my system so > they apply to all my git-svn repositories.) Oh great. This is what I actually wanted. Makes a lot more sense to have them as (global) variables. My initial thought was that there are (somewhere) some variables being set for the repository by using --add-author-from and --use-log-author with "git svn clone ...". I find this quite intuitive (and maybe this should be default?). I can't see a reason for using these options once and not using them later, but it might just be me. >> P.S. I am very curious why using From and not Signed-off-by. I had the >> feeling that Signed-off-by is being used to also mark the path of a patch. >> Also, is there a centralized list of all the ways a patch can be "marked" > > Signed-off-by is a legal declaration. Please read the documentation > carefully before using it. > > From: is automatically added (when you enable the option and there's > no Signed-off-by or From already) and is just informational. I have found that Documentation/SubmittingPatches contains info on how to use "Signed-off-by:"/"Acked-by:"/a little bit of "From:" but, as far as I remember, others have been/are used. Are they all gathered somewhere, as recommendations? Many thanks. -- Mircea http://mircea.bardac.net