From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan =?UTF-8?B?S3LDvGdlcg==?= Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: commit: explain the non-meaning of S-o-b Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:25:20 +0100 Message-ID: <20091201232520.45579cbb@perceptron> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: Git ML X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Dec 01 23:25:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NFbA2-0003Vw-T8 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:25:31 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753585AbZLAWZT convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:25:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752917AbZLAWZS (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:25:18 -0500 Received: from zoidberg.org ([88.198.6.61]:50605 "EHLO cthulhu.zoidberg.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752430AbZLAWZS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:25:18 -0500 Received: from perceptron (xdsl-78-35-144-134.netcologne.de [::ffff:78.35.144.134]) (IDENT: unknown, AUTH: LOGIN jast, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,AES128-SHA) by cthulhu.zoidberg.org with esmtp; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:25:22 +0100 id 004D0364.4B1597D2.000022A1 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.18.3; i486-pc-linux-gnu) X-Obscure-Spam: http://music-jk.net/ Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: In the manpage for git commit, the option --signoff is mentioned but there is no explanation of what it actually means. Add a brief hint tha= t S-o-b doesn't have a pre-defined meaning. Signed-off-by: Jan Kr=C3=BCger --- Documentation/git-commit.txt | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.tx= t index d227cec..cae510b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --signoff:: Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit - log message. + log message. This line has no inherent meaning; what it stands for + is up to whoever includes this commit in a repository. =20 -n:: --no-verify:: --=20 1.6.5.3.171.ge36e