From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Seth Falcon Subject: Re: git-format-patch question Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 18:01:07 -0700 Message-ID: References: <7vpshxdh0s.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon May 29 03:02:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FkW8r-0007NL-RL for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 29 May 2006 03:01:58 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751083AbWE2BBM (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 21:01:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751087AbWE2BBM (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 21:01:12 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.180]:62548 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751083AbWE2BBL (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 21:01:11 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id e30so233800pya for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 18:01:10 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:to:subject:references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=CVGD5g2x50XY3sXiB15GDT7dBE6zZoJsmBbs3Y4J0E9wQAPEW9kJDTdgL6ZepTBWeHVWVIgZLz+pj+PAP4oN3LYsk7QZV4+HePIQ+2Qa6NE6nm+G9mQ7sIGYRXI/BIpZe8eWROwZ9lKZFUs/rBgUeXw35xchA4CS+MZlESp+LuQ= Received: by 10.35.97.17 with SMTP id z17mr1373728pyl; Sun, 28 May 2006 18:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ziti.fhcrc.org ( [67.171.24.140]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id n80sm830541pye.2006.05.28.18.01.09; Sun, 28 May 2006 18:01:09 -0700 (PDT) To: git@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <7vpshxdh0s.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Sun, 28 May 2006 13:35:31 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano writes: > Seth Falcon writes: > >> 1. When is one supposed to use --signoff? I gather the answer is >> project specific, but a statement of what's expected for git >> itself would probably help clarify things for me. > > You shouldn't ;-). Rather, you should sign-off when you make a > commit, or if you are forwarding somebody else's patch, before > you send the e-mail off. > >> 2. How should I add extra notes to an email generated using >> git-format-patch? Is this in the docs somewhere that I missed? Is >> there a recommended way to do this? > > Read the format-patch output in your e-mail buffer and edit just > like you edit any text you write in your e-mail. Thanks for the quick answers. I guess I was imagining things to be more complicated than they are :-)