@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ component you're working on, followed by a blank line (always required) and then
the body of your commit message, which should provide the bulk of the context.
Remember to be explicit and provide the "Why" of your change, especially if it
couldn't easily be understood from your diff. When editing your commit message,
-don't remove the Signed-off-by line which was added by `-s` above.
+don't remove the `Signed-off-by` trailer which was added by `-s` above.
----
psuh: add a built-in by popular demand
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ send them as replies to either an additional "cover letter" message
(see below), the first patch, or the respective preceding patch.
If your log message (including your name on the
-Signed-off-by line) is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
+`Signed-off-by` trailer) is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
you send off a message in the correct encoding.
WARNING: Be wary of your MUAs word-wrap
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ previously sent.
The `git format-patch` command follows the best current practice to
format the body of an e-mail message. At the beginning of the
patch should come your commit message, ending with the
-Signed-off-by: lines, and a line that consists of three dashes,
+`Signed-off-by` trailers, and a line that consists of three dashes,
followed by the diffstat information and the patch itself. If
you are forwarding a patch from somebody else, optionally, at
the beginning of the e-mail message just before the commit
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Do not forget to add trailers such as `Acked-by:`, `Reviewed-by:` and
patch.
[[sign-off]]
-=== Certify your work by adding your "Signed-off-by: " line
+=== Certify your work by adding your `Signed-off-by` trailer
To improve tracking of who did what, we ask you to certify that you
wrote the patch or have the right to pass it on under the same license
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ this:
This line can be added by Git if you run the git-commit command with
the -s option.
-Notice that you can place your own Signed-off-by: line when
+Notice that you can place your own `Signed-off-by` trailer when
forwarding somebody else's patch with the above rules for
D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to
place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ your patch differs from project to project, so it may be different
from that of the project you are accustomed to.
[[real-name]]
-Also notice that a real name is used in the Signed-off-by: line. Please
+Also notice that a real name is used in the `Signed-off-by` trailer. Please
don't hide your real name.
[[commit-trailers]]
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ format.thread::
format.signOff::
A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
- format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the `Signed-off-by` trailer to a
patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS
-s::
--signoff::
- Add a `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
+ Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ effect to your index in a row.
-s::
--signoff::
- Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+ Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer at the end of the commit message.
See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
-S[<keyid>]::
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
-s::
--signoff::
- Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
+ Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
--signoff::
- Add a Signed-off-by: trailer to all the rebased commits. Note
+ Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer to all the rebased commits. Note
that if `--interactive` is given then only commits marked to be
picked, edited or reworded will have the trailer added.
+
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ effect to your index in a row.
-s::
--signoff::
- Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+ Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer at the end of the commit message.
See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
--strategy=<strategy>::
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Automating
the value of `sendemail.identity`.
--[no-]signed-off-by-cc::
- If this is set, add emails found in Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the
+ If this is set, add emails found in the `Signed-off-by` trailer or Cc: lines to the
cc list. Default is the value of `sendemail.signedoffbycc` configuration
value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc.
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Automating
except for self (use 'self' for that).
- 'bodycc' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Cc lines in the
patch body (commit message) except for self (use 'self' for that).
-- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines except
+- 'sob' will avoid including anyone mentioned in the Signed-off-by trailers except
for self (use 'self' for that).
- 'misc-by' will avoid including anyone mentioned in Acked-by,
Reviewed-by, Tested-by and other "-by" lines in the patch body,
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ creating the branch or tag.
--use-log-author::
When retrieving svn commits into Git (as part of 'fetch', 'rebase', or
- 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line
+ 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` line or `Signed-off-by` trailer
in the log message and use that as the author string.
+
[verse]
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ config key: svn.useLogAuthor
--add-author-from::
When committing to svn from Git (as part of 'set-tree' or 'dcommit'
operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
- `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line, append a `From:` line based on the
+ `From:` or `Signed-off-by` trailer, append a `From:` line based on the
Git commit's author string. If you use this, then `--use-log-author`
will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
+
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ can also be used to refuse the commit after inspecting the message
file.
The default 'commit-msg' hook, when enabled, detects duplicate
-"Signed-off-by" lines, and aborts the commit if one is found.
+`Signed-off-by` trailers, and aborts the commit if one is found.
post-commit
~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ifdef::git-commit[]
endif::git-commit[]
--signoff::
--no-signoff::
- Add a Signed-off-by trailer by the committer at the end of the commit
+ Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer by the committer at the end of the commit
log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project
to which you're committing. For example, it may certify that
the committer has the rights to submit the work under the
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("allow fall back on 3way merging if needed")),
OPT__QUIET(&state.quiet, N_("be quiet")),
OPT_SET_INT('s', "signoff", &state.signoff,
- N_("add a Signed-off-by line to the commit message"),
+ N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer to the commit message"),
SIGNOFF_EXPLICIT),
OPT_BOOL('u', "utf8", &state.utf8,
N_("recode into utf8 (default)")),
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_STRING(0, "fixup", &fixup_message, N_("commit"), N_("use autosquash formatted message to fixup specified commit")),
OPT_STRING(0, "squash", &squash_message, N_("commit"), N_("use autosquash formatted message to squash specified commit")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "reset-author", &renew_authorship, N_("the commit is authored by me now (used with -C/-c/--amend)")),
- OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &signoff, N_("add Signed-off-by:")),
+ OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &signoff, N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer")),
OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, N_("use specified template file")),
OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, N_("force edit of commit")),
OPT_CLEANUP(&cleanup_arg),
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_CALLBACK_F('N', "no-numbered", &numbered, NULL,
N_("use [PATCH] even with multiple patches"),
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, no_numbered_callback),
- OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &do_signoff, N_("add Signed-off-by:")),
+ OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &do_signoff, N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "stdout", &use_stdout,
N_("print patches to standard out")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "cover-letter", &cover_letter,
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
OPT_AUTOSTASH(&autostash),
OPT_BOOL(0, "overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore, N_("update ignored files (default)")),
- OPT_BOOL(0, "signoff", &signoff, N_("add Signed-off-by:")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "signoff", &signoff, N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "no-verify", &no_verify, N_("bypass pre-merge-commit and commit-msg hooks")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static struct option pull_options[] = {
N_("add (at most <n>) entries from shortlog to merge commit message"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG),
OPT_PASSTHRU(0, "signoff", &opt_signoff, NULL,
- N_("add Signed-off-by:"),
+ N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG),
OPT_PASSTHRU(0, "squash", &opt_squash, NULL,
N_("create a single commit instead of doing a merge"),
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("do not show diffstat of what changed upstream"),
PARSE_OPT_NOARG, NULL, REBASE_DIFFSTAT },
OPT_BOOL(0, "signoff", &options.signoff,
- N_("add a Signed-off-by: line to each commit")),
+ N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer to each commit")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "committer-date-is-author-date",
&options.committer_date_is_author_date,
N_("make committer date match author date")),
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int run_sequencer(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
OPT_BOOL('n', "no-commit", &opts->no_commit, N_("don't automatically commit")),
OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &opts->edit, N_("edit the commit message")),
OPT_NOOP_NOARG('r', NULL),
- OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &opts->signoff, N_("add Signed-off-by:")),
+ OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &opts->signoff, N_("add a Signed-off-by trailer")),
OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mainline", opts, N_("parent-number"),
N_("select mainline parent"), option_parse_m),
OPT_RERERE_AUTOUPDATE(&opts->allow_rerere_auto),
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ const char *find_commit_header(const char *msg, const char *key, size_t *out_len
/*
* Inspect the given string and determine the true "end" of the log message, in
- * order to find where to put a new Signed-off-by: line. Ignored are
+ * order to find where to put a new Signed-off-by trailer. Ignored are
* trailing comment lines and blank lines. To support "git commit -s
* --amend" on an existing commit, we also ignore "Conflicts:". To
* support "git commit -v", we truncate at cut lines.