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| author |  David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com> | 2016-01-05 14:20:26 -0500 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-01-05 13:42:39 -0800 |
| commit | b2c150d3aa82f6583b9aadfecc5f8fa1c74aca09 (patch) | |
| tree | e685898f9518681510cd4434f12aba6b7d0f51a8 /Documentation/git-commit.txt | |
| parent | Git 2.6.5 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-b2c150d3aa82f6583b9aadfecc5f8fa1c74aca09.tar.xz | |
Expand documentation describing --signoff
Modify various document (man page) files to explain
in more detail what --signoff means.
This was inspired by https://lwn.net/Articles/669976/ where
paulj noted, "adding [the] '-s' argument to [a] git commit
doesn't really mean you have even heard of the DCO...".
Extending git's documentation will make it easier to argue
that developers understood --signoff when they use it.
Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-commit.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 7f34a5b331..9ec6b3cc17 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --signoff:: Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit - log message. + log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project, + but it typically certifies that committer has + the rights to submit this work under the same license and + agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin + (see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information). -n:: --no-verify:: |