From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7115C1F6C1 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:41:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932751AbcH3RlY (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:41:24 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0204.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.204]:43679 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932463AbcH3RlX (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:41:23 -0400 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (unknown [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7590351FA6; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:41:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: group25_80334ec38f715 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2013 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [96.251.125.34]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf12.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:41:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1472578879.5512.111.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: git am and duplicate signatures From: Joe Perches To: Junio C Hamano Cc: git Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:41:19 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <1472573556.5512.93.camel@perches.com> <1472577999.5512.107.camel@perches.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 10:34 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Joe Perches writes: > > On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 09:54 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > > > > Support for more generic footers was supposed to come when the > > > "interpret-trailers" topic started, but the author of the topic > > > seems to have lost interest before the mechanism has become ready to > > > be integrated in the workflow commands like "am", "commit", "rebase" > > > etc., which is unfortunate. > > I think adding at least an option to git send-email > > allowing auto-cc's for all > > "-by: [name]
" > > lines in the commit log would be useful. > > > > Today, only "Signed-off-by" and "CC" lines are > > added to cc's. > > > > I've always called these lines "-by:" lines > > "signatures", but perhaps there's a better name. > I think we casually call them footers (as they are counter-part to > "headers"), or trailers. I think they are neither footers, which would relate more to the email headers, nor trailers. Maybe something like traces or chains. btw: I submitted this awhile ago http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg162269.html