Re: stgit: managing signed-off-by lines

> On 2008-01-25 08:34:53 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> > On 1/25/08, Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What command are you using to export patches?
> >
> > I am using "stg export" from one branch and then "stg import -s" on
> > another. After I import the patch and do 'stg edit' on it, it has
> > the signed-off-by line in it. When it is export from that branch the
> > signed-off-by get added again.
> >
> > You don't want to strip the signed-off-by lines on import, they may
> > be from other people. I would think that on export you could look
> > and see if my signed-off-by line is already on the patch before
> > adding it again.
>
> I haven't set up my templates to add sign-offs on export; instead, I
> give --sign to "stg import". This always does the right thing:
>
>   1. It's smart enough to notice if my sign-off is already there, and
>      don't add another copy.
>
>   2. My sign-off is propagated even if the patches are transferred by
>      pulling instead of by email or "stg export".

>
> For patches that I write myself (so that they are never "stg
> import"ed), I add the sign-off manually in the commit message, with
> the aid of this elisp snippet:
>
>   (defun sign-off ()
>     "Insert sign-off line."
>     (interactive)
>     (git-append-sign-off (git-get-committer-name) (git-get-committer-email))))
>
> Adding the sign-off conditionally in "stg mail" and "stg export", as
> you suggest, could of course be done. But that would have to be
> command line options, since the template system can't really express
> that kind of transformation.
>
> --
> Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
>       www.treskal.com/kalle
>