I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to commit to the repository. I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris
what is this error related to and how can it be resolved.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Re: duplicate sign-off-by error
On Monday 02 February 2009 11:22:36 Sharib Khan wrote:
> I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to commit to
the
> repository. > I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris > > what is this error related to and how can it be resolved.
It's looking for lines in the commit message like: Signed-off-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@uni.edu>
and seeing duplication. Remove the duplication and try again.
If you can't see the duplication, please try to put together a series operations we can preform to reproduce your error.
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Re: duplicate sign-off-by error
On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
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> On Monday 02 February 2009 11:22:36 Sharib Khan wrote: >> I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to commit to > the >> repository. >> I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris >> >> what is this error related to and how can it be resolved. > > It's looking for lines in the commit message like: > Signed-off-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@uni.edu> >
but where are the commit messages stored - which file where i can find this is it the COMMIT_EDITMSG file ?
> and seeing duplication. Remove the duplication and try again. > > If you can't see the duplication, please try to put together a series > operations we can preform to reproduce your error.
series of operations is
1. change to the file 2. save the file 3. git commit -a -m "change message"
at which pt, i get the duplication error
is this something related to solaris or git crashing - the commit had worked earlier ?
thanks
sk
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Re: duplicate sign-off-by error
On Monday 02 February 2009 14:16:30 you wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 02 February 2009 11:22:36 Sharib Khan wrote: > >> I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to
commit to
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> > the > >> repository. > >> I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris > > It's looking for lines in the commit message like: > > Signed-off-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@uni.edu> > but where are the commit messages stored - which file where i can
find
> this > is it the COMMIT_EDITMSG file ?
Usually.
> > If you can't see the duplication, please try to put together a
series
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> > operations we can preform to reproduce your error. > > series of operations is > > 1. change to the file > 2. save the file > 3. git commit -a -m "change message"
This is *not* what I asked for. I asked for a series of operations *we* can perform to *reproduce* your error. If I do this here, it works (no error). The best way to give what I asked for is to start the series of operations with "git init" in an empty directory, but that's not the only way.
What if you just "git commit -a" as step 3? What is "the file"?
> is this something related to solaris or git crashing - the commit
had
> worked earlier ?
Possibly. I can't look into it that much until I can reproduce it here.
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