git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: Would it make sense to add a commit.signOff config?

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 16, 2025, 01:20 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqike75ikb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To
<aUCLz1wTOwilflAD@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net>
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
Show 11 quoted lines
> On 2025-12-15 at 01:59:46, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
>> 
>> > I think this would be a fine approach or we could add an entry in the
>> > Git FAQ (or both).  I agree that this is something that comes up
>> > frequently and writing it down in a more visible way would be kinder to
>> > users and mailing list participants.
>> 
>> Something like this, then?
>
> Yup, that looks good to me.
Thanks.
Previous: brian m. carlsonNext: Elijah Newren
Message 8 of 20 in “Would it make sense to add a commit.signOff config?”
  1. Stefan HallerDec 14, 2025
  2. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónDec 14, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2025
  4. Collin FunkDec 14, 2025
  5. brian m. carlsonDec 15, 2025
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2025
  7. brian m. carlsonDec 15, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2025
  9. Elijah NewrenDec 16, 2025
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2025
  11. Johannes SixtDec 16, 2025
  12. Johannes SixtDec 16, 2025
  13. commit: document that $command.signoff will not be addedJunio C Hamano, Dec 16, 2025
  14. Elijah NewrenDec 16, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2025
  16. Elijah NewrenDec 17, 2025
  17. Johannes SixtDec 17, 2025
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2025
  19. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 19, 2025
  20. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2025

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.