Re: [PATCH] commit: add commit.signoff config option

From: Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2015, 14:55 UTC
Message-ID: <CADstYCZ6aDN=CNsX_fEnJmB1xF4L_M=j=G2RuKyfK5wxNkH41g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD1kbu4uB1Xaf_jWdQUBzkSJ-Z3_o3NT0Wb6GNyRG=jSLw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> You can use a commit template.
>
> Or you can use the "commit-msg" hook. For example with commands like:
>
> grep "^Signed-off-by:" "$1" ||
> echo "Signed-off-by: $(git config user.name) <$(git config user.email)>" >>"$1"
>
> If you have more complex needs, there is also "git interpret-trailers"
> (see the examples in the man page).

Thanks for the references. I was initially using a commit template to solve the problem. But I've considered that since we already handle "Signed-off-by" somewhat specially (e.g. "commit -s"), and how common this case is, it was worth adding a config option.

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Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho