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From: Matthias Kestenholz <lists@spinlock.ch>
Subject: Re: format-patch signoff argument no longer works
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:28:03 +0200
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* Geoff Russell (geoffrey.russell@gmail.com) wrote:
> The --signoff argument no longer works in git-format-patch.  Was this
> intentional?
> It still appears in the documentation for the command.
> 
> It appears to have got lost when the shell script got converted to C.
> 

Yes, this was intentional. You should sign off your changes while
committing (git commit -s|--signoff)

Thanks,
Matthias