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git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author

Subject: git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author

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3 messages between Oct 17, 2008 and Oct 17, 2008.

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bain· Oct 17, 2008, 10:11 UTC · lore

Hi all,

If i use git-commit --author "A U Thor <author.example.net>" -s it still uses my global author.name and author.email to add signoff message.

Is this expected behavior?

thanks BAIN

bain· Oct 17, 2008, 10:31 UTC · re: bain · lore

Re: git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author

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> If i use git-commit --author "A U Thor <author.example.net>" -s it
> still uses my global author.name and author.email to add signoff
> message.
>
> Is this expected behavior?

Never mind...

Looking at the code i found out commiter name/email is used to signoff, which is correct and can be different than author.

BAIN

Junio C Hamano· Oct 17, 2008, 23:58 UTC · re: bain · lore

Re: git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author

bain <bain@devslashzero.com> writes:

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>> If i use git-commit --author "A U Thor <author.example.net>" -s it
>> still uses my global author.name and author.email to add signoff
>> message.
>>
>> Is this expected behavior?
>
> Never mind...
>
> Looking at the code i found out commiter name/email is used to
> signoff, which is correct and can be different than author.

Actually we _do mind_. The users should not have to look at the code to find this out.

Send in a patch to clarify this in the documentation if it is not already done, please.