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From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>,
	Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] doc: preparatory clean-up of description on the sign-off option
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:03:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a6bdbdcf7fbe96674908dc7314a2069fec850e1.1603155607.git.bkuhn@sfconservancy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1603155607.git.bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Almost identical text on the signed-off-by trailer appears in the
documentation for "git commit" and "git merge" and its friends.

Introduce a new signoff-options.txt file to be shared.  A couple
things of note are:

 - The short-form "-s" is available only in "git commit", but not in
   commands that are friends of "git merge", as it is used as a
   short-hand for "--strategy".

 - The original lacks description on the negated "--no-signoff" form
   on "git commit" side, but it equally is applicable.  It however
   was unclear in the original text that not adding a Signed-off-by
   trailer is the default, so rephrase to explain it as a way to
   countermand a --signoff option that appeared earlier on the same
   command line.

This is in preparation to apply a further clarification on what
exactly the Signed-off-by trailer means.

Suggested-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Reviewed-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Reviewed-by: Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt     | 10 ++--------
 Documentation/merge-options.txt  | 11 +----------
 Documentation/signoff-option.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/signoff-option.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index a3baea32ae..17150fa7ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ commit by giving the same set of parameters (options and paths).
 If you make a commit and then find a mistake immediately after
 that, you can recover from it with 'git reset'.
 
+:git-commit: 1
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -163,14 +164,7 @@ The `-m` option is mutually exclusive with `-c`, `-C`, and `-F`.
 	message, the commit is aborted.  This has no effect when a message
 	is given by other means, e.g. with the `-m` or `-F` options.
 
--s::
---signoff::
-	Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
-	log message.  The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
-	but it typically certifies that committer has
-	the rights to submit this work under the same license and
-	agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
-	(see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
+include::signoff-option.txt[]
 
 -n::
 --no-verify::
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index 80d4831662..eb0aabd396 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -77,16 +77,7 @@ When not possible, refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status.
 With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
 actual commits being merged.
 
---signoff::
---no-signoff::
-	Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
-	log message.  The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
-	but it typically certifies that committer has
-	the rights to submit this work under the same license and
-	agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
-	(see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
-+
-With --no-signoff do not add a Signed-off-by line.
+include::signoff-option.txt[]
 
 --stat::
 -n::
diff --git a/Documentation/signoff-option.txt b/Documentation/signoff-option.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1c6713774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/signoff-option.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+ifdef::git-commit[]
+-s::
+endif::git-commit[]
+--signoff::
+--no-signoff::
+	Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
+	log message.  The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
+	but it typically certifies that committer has
+	the rights to submit this work under the same license and
+	agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
+	(see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
++
+The --no-signoff option can be used to countermand an earlier --signoff
+option on the command line.
-- 
Bradley M. Kuhn - he/him
Policy Fellow & Hacker-in-Residence at Software Freedom Conservancy
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-20  1:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-15 21:59 [PATCH 0/1] Clarify and expand description of --signoff Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-15 21:59 ` [PATCH 1/1] Documentation: " Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-16  0:46   ` Jeff King
2020-10-18 15:13   ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-10-16  1:49 ` [PATCH 0/1] " Philippe Blain
2020-10-16  1:54   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-16  1:59     ` Jeff King
2020-10-16  2:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-16 19:53         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-16 20:11           ` Jeff King
2020-10-17  3:00             ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-18 19:08             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-19 15:53               ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-10-19 18:26                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-19 21:25                   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] clarify and expand description of --signoff & related fixes Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-19 21:25                     ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Documentation: clarify and expand description of --signoff Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-19 21:25                     ` [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation: stylistically normalize references to Signed-off-by: Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-19 22:02                       ` Taylor Blau
2020-10-19 22:17                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-20  2:31                           ` Taylor Blau
2020-10-20  1:03                         ` [PATCH v3 0/4] clarify meaning of --signoff & related doc improvements in describing Signed-off-by Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20  1:03                           ` Bradley M. Kuhn [this message]
2020-10-20  1:03                           ` [PATCH v3 2/4] Documentation: clarify and expand description of --signoff Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20 21:44                             ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20 21:48                               ` Taylor Blau
2020-10-20  1:03                           ` [PATCH v3 3/4] SubmittingPatches: clarify DCO is our --signoff rule Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20  1:03                           ` [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation: stylistically normalize references to Signed-off-by: Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20 18:52                             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-20 21:33                               ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20  2:34                           ` [PATCH v3 0/4] clarify meaning of --signoff & related doc improvements in describing Signed-off-by Taylor Blau
2020-10-20 21:28                             ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-20 21:48                               ` Taylor Blau
2020-10-20 22:06                               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-20 23:02                                 ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2020-10-19 21:25                     ` [PATCH v2 3/3] SubmittingPatches: clarify DCO is our --signoff rule Bradley M. Kuhn
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-10-18 19:49 [PATCH v2 0/3] Claryfing the meaning of the sign-off Junio C Hamano
2020-10-18 19:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: preparatory clean-up of description on the sign-off option Junio C Hamano
2020-10-18 19:49 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation: clarify and expand description of --signoff Junio C Hamano
2020-10-18 19:49 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] SubmittingPatches: clarify DCO is our --signoff rule Junio C Hamano
2020-10-18 23:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Claryfing the meaning of the sign-off Taylor Blau

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