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=-4.1 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 C47E920899 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2017 07:35:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750938AbdGZHfC (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:35:02 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:53532 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750880AbdGZHfB (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:35:01 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2611B8AF6D; Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:34:55 -0400 (EDT) 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:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=EiwxIkA4f7PF jsnfNfpo6H+sDuc=; b=AupY6rjetiV9DWjsa2Uc9Xccrd4/pVDgmTmaITkSMFRh 8iluUtW1HG/OPssY+c0hShvZdnmhyZVwF81wzk95LS5e44Pb8BJAMD++SlxitIey hPsnEdmZVJqoUqw47piwh/mJ/BvmqyVWZFg45hcz7CFlkyz388JB+agkvNNxSB4= 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:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=nq9Aw0 UkpZ7shzOJQ1SOL2EpYNb1B9j/cBLl4CLUGqwEB1+hohjcseds9QhnEN4TkEG3Ou fx4CMah4Hl8jhCuqx6LtW/RQf84b14Yq2Zv+mdLBwZjowIjzzzD/FVuaLnVA48Qr DxkP6yV/Fhz326svhUB2v1ESWtLLURNVDcmU0= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E03C8AF6C; Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:34:55 -0400 (EDT) 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 902258AF6B; Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:34:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: lukaszgryglicki Cc: Dan Kohn , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] merge: add a --signoff flag. References: <0102015d0c41db74-34ff8613-05e2-44bb-a05b-2624108c36c8-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> <0102015d0cf235f7-9be8e1fc-a926-4e6f-8180-c131da1c4161-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> <7A9ED766-4A25-4F34-8E02-3DFCE1D63ADF@o2.pl> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:34:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: <7A9ED766-4A25-4F34-8E02-3DFCE1D63ADF@o2.pl> (lukaszgryglicki@o2.pl's message of "Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:13:57 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: EAE5DF66-71D4-11E7-BFFA-FE4B1A68708C-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org lukaszgryglicki writes: >>> +--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). >>=20 >> This is taken verbatim from Documentation/git-commit.txt and "this >> work" in that context is entirely sensible, but it is not quite >> clear what it means in the context of "git merge=E2=80=9D. > > Changed slightly, but I=E2=80=99m not a native English speaker, and > don=E2=80=99t really see what is wrong there. Oh, the language is not the issue. =20 I was trying to remind you that a "merge" may be an automated and mechanical one, in which there is no original work that requires signing it off in the first place, which was the point =C3=86var raised when Dan's original post came up.