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

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2015, 08:43 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD1kbu4uB1Xaf_jWdQUBzkSJ-Z3_o3NT0Wb6GNyRG=jSLw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1435217558-5866-1-git-send-email-cmarcelo@gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com> wrote:

> In projects that use Signed-off-by, it's convenient to include that line
> in the commit by default. The commit.signoff config option allows to add
> that line in all commits automatically.

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).