Re: [PATCH] commit: Add commit.signoff configuration option

From: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Date: May 16, 2025, 15:04 UTC
Message-ID: <aCdT-UQtaaTQ8gyD@chrisdown.name>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqldqwya5p.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano writes:

>Regarding other problems, the fact that we are having this
>discussion is indication enough, isn't it?  If it didn't exist, we
>wouldn't have had folks who used it as an excuse to promote
>commit.signoff in the first place.

I definitely understand your concern about diluting the meaning of signoffs. What separates this patch is that it's not suggesting a config option out of feature parity, but because enabling commit.signoff is itself a deliberate, repository specific certification, which is arguably more meaningful than habitually typing -s for each commit or using a global shell alias.

The repository specificity is particularly important here. Currently users work around this with shell aliases, which are global rather than scoped to a repository, making commit.signoff in practice a more precise mechanism for expressing their intent about what to certify.

Would strengthening the documentation to emphasise that setting commit.signoff is a deliberate, repository-specific certification address your concern about diluting the meaning of signoffs?