Re: [PATCH v7 5/5] rebase: support --trailer

> On 03/03/2026 21:18, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>>> I wonder if it would be better to add the trailers before the signoff so
>>>> that "git rebase --signoff --trailer='Reviewed-by: ...'" adds the
>>>> "Reviewed-by:" trailer before the "Signed-off-by:" trailer.
>>>
>>> Why is that? Is that because that is the practice in this project (and
>>> maybe others)?
>> 
>> I do not think it is a good idea for the above sample command, where
>> we can argue that the intent of the user is to have sign-off and
>> then reviewed-by, expressed in the order of options given.
>> 
>> If we want to control where the new trailers are added, perhaps we
>> would need to match the --where option interpret-trailers has and
>> let the configuration honored by that command take care of the
>> ordering.
>
> Let's leave it as it is for now as that matches what "git commit 
> --signoff --trailer=..." does and no one has complained about that.