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

3 messages from 2008-10-17 to 2008-10-17. Participants: bain, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15936

## bain, 2008-10-17 10:11

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

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## bain, 2008-10-17 10:31

Subject: 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

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## Junio C Hamano, 2008-10-17 23:58

Subject: Re: git-commit does not signoff using name supplied by --author
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bain <bain@devslashzero.com> writes:

>> 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.

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