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=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 64AC01FCA5 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:43:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753315AbcL2Wnx (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:43:53 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:62670 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753154AbcL2Wnu (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:43:50 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C469A5D0E8; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:43:48 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=mIZlBDoahwabiQgR6TGZz9Xz1io=; b=f5FXrM 6RNx7MNKbNABHEARITdw2MDQKn8At8xwMJcYqmwjeomi9JpQr7tu3xA4/fcGW3wX xTNvt4JrFEy5kUt6nNkJrzvABJM9RGbJTy9fSp90ID8uEAqytGEyXZ6CkvuatOdI 9q1BaC8SgG4Gpj7bHOdgSwPpntVRQOI0LePP8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=HcqHkTepvH0jdcOzon9vByTVEILQWBP9 MFsUuslFfohJiN6E8K5+OvA13mqrk33wsEdHSKKhT7LeNk7nlOvslIE/RumBzdi4 GrwJ2nf0kROclJMlwfFSs2GqWmy/AT1eJD6E2zTc2Q430KrmnnioNiS9hDI7nTz6 KfZsXRwW+6s= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCBB25D0E7; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:43:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 328955D0E6; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Stefan Beller Cc: Eric Wong , Eduardo Habkost , "git\@vger.kernel.org" , Paul Tan Subject: Re: [PATCH] am: add am.signoff add config variable References: <1482946838-28779-1-git-send-email-ehabkost@redhat.com> <20161229084701.GA3643@starla> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:43:47 -0800 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Beller's message of "Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:18:48 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 432B9EEC-CE18-11E6-B2B8-06F112518317-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=2016-12.pbsmtp; bh=mIZlBDoahwabiQgR6TGZz9Xz1io=; b=ZOod0HTp4DlOEwRu3iaQZMKSYdluZ9kLAI/e5jZjxKApkHlS79T/SyzNPtfibVTns+iR+cHB475la2bX+BY+DWM1M7cLBXUdSvIeD0FTOgxZZ/X11Lx7TXP0QhGBBDcjijVWofLHMcQQYlJoUO6q8r87CE7/kDBBPbVH6kKHcw0= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Stefan Beller writes: >> IANAL either, but we have been striving to keep output of >> >> $ git grep '\.signoff' Documentation > >> >> empty to keep Sign-off meaningful. > > Try again with -i ;) > and you'll find format.signOff Mistakes happen. Finding an old mistake is not an excuse for you to make the same one again. It is an opportunity to come up with a way to correct it without hurting existing users by designing a smooth transition path.