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authorHeiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>2009-04-01 19:51:54 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-04-06 00:12:32 -0700
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Add configuration variable for sign-off to format-patch
If you regularly create patches which require a Signed-off: line you may want to make it your default to add that line. It also helps you not to forget to add the -s/--signoff switch. Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ad22cb875..27cb7f140 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -715,6 +715,13 @@ format.thread::
A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
value disables threading.
+format.signoff::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
+ patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
+ the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
+ Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index db3bdb565..eb2fbcff1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ more than one.
numbered = auto
cc = <email>
attach [ = mime-boundary-string ]
+ signoff = true
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