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@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ then you just add a line saying
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
+This line can be automatically added by git if you run the git-commit
+command with the -s option.
+
Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
point out some special detail about the sign-off.