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=-6.4 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 1073F1FCA5 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:45:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752959AbcL2Pp3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:45:29 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57220 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752789AbcL2Pp3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:45:29 -0500 Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D3F17F08B; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (ovpn-116-25.gru2.redhat.com [10.97.116.25]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uBTFjRom031072; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:45:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:45:22 -0200 From: Eduardo Habkost To: Eric Wong Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Paul Tan Subject: Re: [PATCH] am: add am.signoff add config variable Message-ID: <20161229154522.GB23595@thinpad.lan.raisama.net> References: <1482946838-28779-1-git-send-email-ehabkost@redhat.com> <20161229084701.GA3643@starla> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161229084701.GA3643@starla> X-Fnord: you can see the fnord User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.27 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.26]); Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:47:01AM +0000, Eric Wong wrote: > Eduardo Habkost wrote: > > git-am has options to enable --message-id and --3way by default, > > but no option to enable --signoff by default. Add a "am.signoff" > > config option. > > I'm not sure this is a good idea. IANAL, but a sign-off > has some sort of legal meaning for this project (DCO) > and that would be better decided on a patch-by-patch basis > rather than a blanket statement. > > I don't add my SoB to patches (either my own or received) until > I'm comfortable with it; and I'd rather err on the side of > forgetting and being prodded to resubmit rather than putting > an SoB on the wrong patch. This is an interesting point. I am not competent to argue about it, so I will let the Git developers decide. -- Eduardo