# [PATCH] Documentation: commit: explain the non-meaning of S-o-b

1 messages from 2009-12-01 to 2009-12-01. Participants: Jan Krüger.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21812

## Jan Krüger, 2009-12-01 22:25

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: commit: explain the non-meaning of S-o-b
Message-ID: <20091201232520.45579cbb@perceptron>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091201232520.45579cbb%40perceptron

```
In the manpage for git commit, the option --signoff is mentioned but
there is no explanation of what it actually means. Add a brief hint that
S-o-b doesn't have a pre-defined meaning.

Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d227cec..cae510b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ OPTIONS
 -s::
 --signoff::
 	Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
-	log message.
+	log message. This line has no inherent meaning; what it stands for
+	is up to whoever includes this commit in a repository.
 
 -n::
 --no-verify::
-- 
1.6.5.3.171.ge36e

```