From: Seth Falcon <sethfalcon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 01:01:07 GMT
Subject: Re: git-format-patch question
Message-ID: <m2irnplk4s.fsf@ziti.fhcrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vpshxdh0s.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

> Seth Falcon <sethfalcon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 1. When is one supposed to use --signoff?  I gather the answer is
>>    project specific, but a statement of what's expected for git
>>    itself would probably help clarify things for me.
>
> You shouldn't ;-).  Rather, you should sign-off when you make a
> commit, or if you are forwarding somebody else's patch, before
> you send the e-mail off.  
>
>> 2. How should I add extra notes to an email generated using
>>    git-format-patch?  Is this in the docs somewhere that I missed?  Is
>>    there a recommended way to do this?
>
> Read the format-patch output in your e-mail buffer and edit just
> like you edit any text you write in your e-mail.

Thanks for the quick answers.  I guess I was imagining things to be
more complicated than they are :-)