duplicate sign-off-by error

duplicate sign-off-by error

[Sharib Khan]

I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to commit to the  
repository.
I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris

what is this error related to and how can it be resolved.

Re: duplicate sign-off-by error

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Monday 02 February 2009 11:22:36 Sharib Khan wrote:
> I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to commit to 
the
> repository.
> I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris
>
> what is this error related to and how can it be resolved.

It's looking for lines in the commit message like:
Signed-off-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@uni.edu>

and seeing duplication.  Remove the duplication and try again.

If you can't see the duplication, please try to put together a series 
operations we can preform to reproduce your error.
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Re: duplicate sign-off-by error

[Sharib Khan]

On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

> On Monday 02 February 2009 11:22:36 Sharib Khan wrote:
>> I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to commit to
> the
>> repository.
>> I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris
>>
>> what is this error related to and how can it be resolved.
>
> It's looking for lines in the commit message like:
> Signed-off-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@uni.edu>
>
but where are the commit messages stored - which file where i can find  
this
is it the COMMIT_EDITMSG file ?


> and seeing duplication.  Remove the duplication and try again.
>
> If you can't see the duplication, please try to put together a series
> operations we can preform to reproduce your error.

series of operations is

1. change to the file
2. save the file
3. git commit -a -m "change message"

at which pt, i get the duplication error

is this something related to solaris or git crashing - the commit had  
worked earlier ?

thanks

sk


>
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>

Re: duplicate sign-off-by error

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Monday 02 February 2009 14:16:30 you wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > On Monday 02 February 2009 11:22:36 Sharib Khan wrote:
> >> I m getting a Duplicate Sign-off by error when trying to 
commit to
> > the
> >> repository.
> >> I am using git 1.5.6 on solaris
> > It's looking for lines in the commit message like:
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@uni.edu>
> but where are the commit messages stored - which file where i can 
find
> this
> is it the COMMIT_EDITMSG file ?

Usually.

> > If you can't see the duplication, please try to put together a 
series
> > operations we can preform to reproduce your error.
>
> series of operations is
>
> 1. change to the file
> 2. save the file
> 3. git commit -a -m "change message"

This is *not* what I asked for.  I asked for a series of operations 
*we* can perform to *reproduce* your error.  If I do this here, it 
works (no error).  The best way to give what I asked for is to 
start the series of operations with "git init" in an empty 
directory, but that's not the only way.

What if you just "git commit -a" as step 3?
What is "the file"?

> is this something related to solaris or git crashing - the commit 
had
> worked earlier ?

Possibly.  I can't look into it that much until I can reproduce it 
here.
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