From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add --bool and --int to the OPTIONS section Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:09:42 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <7vd5772unw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200611290825.40953.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-X-Sender: gene099@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <200611290825.40953.andyparkins@gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GpMNw-00033K-8k for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:09:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966654AbWK2KJp (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:09:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966656AbWK2KJp (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:09:45 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:62954 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S966654AbWK2KJo (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:09:44 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 29 Nov 2006 10:09:42 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO dumbo2) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp032) with SMTP; 29 Nov 2006 11:09:42 +0100 To: Andy Parkins Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Andy Parkins wrote: > Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins > --- You might want to use a more-to-the-point subject, and move this into the commit message: > I did look for just such an option, but didn't find it because it wasn't > in the OPTIONS list of the git-repo-config man page. If there is an > OPTIONS section it should include all options, otherwise it's no use as > a quick reference. And this belongs into another mail: > Your template commit message is an excellent idea, but I don't like the idea > of simply hard coding sign off line into it; it means that there are then two > locations in the .git tree that I'd have to edit to change my name. > [...] But to answer your concern: you would do this as a hook, which is a script in which you do not put your name directly. Rather, this script gets the current author name by calling either git-var or git-repo-config. Ciao, Dscho