# [PATCH] commit: add commit.signoff config option

4 messages from 2015-06-25 to 2015-06-25. Participants: cmarcelo@gmail.com, Alexander Kuleshov, Remi Galan Alfonso, Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39717

## cmarcelo@gmail.com, 2015-06-25 07:30

Subject: [PATCH] commit: add commit.signoff config option
Message-ID: <1435217454-5718-1-git-send-email-cmarcelo@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1435217454-5718-1-git-send-email-cmarcelo%40gmail.com

```
From: Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com>

In projects that use Signed-off-by, it's convenient to include that line
in the commit by default. The commit.signoff config option allows to add
that line in all commits automatically.

Document that this config option can be overriden by using
--no-signoff.

Signed-off-by: Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt     |  6 ++++++
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |  5 +++++
 builtin/commit.c             |  4 ++++
 t/t7500-commit.sh            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 3e37b93..e019f62 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1089,6 +1089,12 @@ commit.gpgSign::
 	convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
 	several times.
 
+commit.signoff::
+
+	A boolean to enable/disable whether Signed-off-by line by the
+	committer should be added to all commits at the end of the
+	commit log messages.  Defaults to false.
+
 commit.status::
 	A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
 	commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 904dafa..7546c7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
 	log message.
 
+--no-signoff::
+	Countermand `commit.signoff` configuration, preventing a
+	Signed-off-by line to be added at the end of the commit log
+	message.
+
 -n::
 --no-verify::
 	This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks.
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 254477f..5cfbe57 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,10 @@ static int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		sign_commit = git_config_bool(k, v) ? "" : NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(k, "commit.signoff")) {
+		signoff = git_config_bool(k, v);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	status = git_gpg_config(k, v, NULL);
 	if (status)
diff --git a/t/t7500-commit.sh b/t/t7500-commit.sh
index 116885a..fcb39b4 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit.sh
@@ -179,6 +179,28 @@ test_expect_success '--signoff' '
 	test_cmp expect output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'commit.signoff config option' '
+	git config commit.signoff true &&
+	echo "yet another content *narf*" >> foo &&
+	echo "zort" | git commit -F - foo &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed "1,/^\$/d" > output &&
+	git config --unset commit.signoff &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+cat > expect <<EOF
+no signed off by here
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success '--no-signoff' '
+	git config commit.signoff true &&
+	echo "yet another content *narf*" >> foo &&
+	echo "no signed off by here" | git commit --no-signoff -F - foo &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed "1,/^\$/d" > output &&
+	git config --unset commit.signoff &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'commit message from file (1)' '
 	mkdir subdir &&
 	echo "Log in top directory" >log &&
-- 
2.4.4.489.gc2a2b54.dirty

```

## Alexander Kuleshov, 2015-06-25 08:21

Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit: add commit.signoff config option
Message-ID: <20150625082059.GA9937@alex-host>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150625082059.GA9937%40alex-host
In-Reply-To: <1435217454-5718-1-git-send-email-cmarcelo@gmail.com>

```
On 06/25, cmarcelo@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com>
> 
> In projects that use Signed-off-by, it's convenient to include that line
> in the commit by default. The commit.signoff config option allows to add
> that line in all commits automatically.
> 
> Document that this config option can be overriden by using
> --no-signoff.
> 

Hello, also would be great to have bash completion for the --no-signoff

Thank you.

```

## Remi Galan Alfonso, 2015-06-25 08:32

Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit: add commit.signoff config option
Message-ID: <1228200928.789773.1435221179871.JavaMail.zimbra@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1228200928.789773.1435221179871.JavaMail.zimbra%40ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr
In-Reply-To: <20150625082059.GA9937@alex-host>

```
Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com> writes:
> +test_expect_success 'commit.signoff config option' '
> +        git config commit.signoff true &&
> +        echo "yet another content *narf*" >> foo &&
> +        echo "zort" | git commit -F - foo &&
> +        git cat-file commit HEAD | sed "1,/^\$/d" > output &&
> +        git config --unset commit.signoff &&
> +        test_cmp expect output
> +'
> +
> +cat > expect <<EOF
> +no signed off by here
> +EOF
> +
> +test_expect_success '--no-signoff' '
> +        git config commit.signoff true &&
> +        echo "yet another content *narf*" >> foo &&
> +        echo "no signed off by here" | git commit --no-signoff -F - foo &&
> +        git cat-file commit HEAD | sed "1,/^\$/d" > output &&
> +        git config --unset commit.signoff &&
> +        test_cmp expect output
> +'
> +

In both tests, you should probably use 'test_config' instead of 'git
config [...] git config --unset', it takes care of it for you (also
should prevent the case where the config is not unset when your test
fails in the middle).

For example, the first test would be:
test_expect_success 'commit.signoff config option' '
	test_config commit.signoff true &&
	echo "yet another content *narf*" >> foo &&
	echo "zort" | git commit -F - foo &&
	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed "1,/^\$/d" > output &&
	test_cmp expect output
'

Rémi

```

## Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho, 2015-06-25 14:57

Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit: add commit.signoff config option
Message-ID: <CADstYCZ6cXrA-3a-NX1GANQ+tjL69D-V37Y0FGbs9dpF4Oa7rg@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CADstYCZ6cXrA-3a-NX1GANQ%2BtjL69D-V37Y0FGbs9dpF4Oa7rg%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1228200928.789773.1435221179871.JavaMail.zimbra@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>

```
> In both tests, you should probably use 'test_config' instead of 'git
> config [...] git config --unset', it takes care of it for you (also
> should prevent the case where the config is not unset when your test
> fails in the middle).

Posted a v2 with this improvement and the bash completion.
Thanks for the review.


-- 
Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho

```
