# duplicate sign-off-by error 4 messages from 2009-02-02 to 2009-02-02. Participants: Sharib Khan, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17508 ## Sharib Khan, 2009-02-02 17:22 Subject: duplicate sign-off-by error Message-ID: <79FCCC4F-9C66-470E-AC32-8F3AE3C81EE9@columbia.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/79FCCC4F-9C66-470E-AC32-8F3AE3C81EE9%40columbia.edu ``` 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., 2009-02-02 20:04 Subject: Re: duplicate sign-off-by error Message-ID: <200902021405.00562.bss@iguanasuicide.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200902021405.00562.bss%40iguanasuicide.net In-Reply-To: <79FCCC4F-9C66-470E-AC32-8F3AE3C81EE9@columbia.edu> ``` 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 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. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ ``` ## Sharib Khan, 2009-02-02 20:16 Subject: Re: duplicate sign-off-by error Message-ID: <597340B9-A11E-4C69-8389-326D3777D9BA@columbia.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/597340B9-A11E-4C69-8389-326D3777D9BA%40columbia.edu In-Reply-To: <200902021405.00562.bss@iguanasuicide.net> ``` 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 > 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 > 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 > > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ > ``` ## Boyd Stephen Smith Jr., 2009-02-02 20:28 Subject: Re: duplicate sign-off-by error Message-ID: <200902021428.11084.bss@iguanasuicide.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200902021428.11084.bss%40iguanasuicide.net In-Reply-To: <597340B9-A11E-4C69-8389-326D3777D9BA@columbia.edu> ``` 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 > > 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 > 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 > > 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. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ ```