"David A. Wheeler" writes:
> Modify various document (man page) files to explain
> in more detail what --signoff means.
>
> This was inspired by https://lwn.net/Articles/669976/ where
> paulj noted, "adding [the] '-s' argument to [a] git commit
> doesn't really mean you have even heard of the DCO...".
> Extending git's documentation will make it easier to argue
> that developers understood --signoff when they use it.
>
> Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler
> ---
Looks sensible, striking the balance between the need by the
projects that do adopt DCO to be specific, and the need by the
others to allow other uses of "-s".
Will queue; thanks.
> Documentation/git-am.txt | 1 +
> Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 1 +
> Documentation/git-commit.txt | 6 +-
> Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 1 +
> Documentation/git-revert.txt | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
> index 452c1fe..13cdd7f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS
> --signoff::
> Add a `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
> the committer identity of yourself.
> + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
>
> -k::
> --keep::
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> index 77da29a..6154e57 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ effect to your index in a row.
> -s::
> --signoff::
> Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
> + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
>
> -S[]::
> --gpg-sign[=]::
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> index 7f34a5b..9ec6b3c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> @@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ OPTIONS
> -s::
> --signoff::
> Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
> - log message.
> + 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).
>
> -n::
> --no-verify::
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> index e3cdaeb..b149e09 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
> --signoff::
> Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
> the committer identity of yourself.
> + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
>
> --stdout::
> Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
> index b15139f..573616a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
> @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ effect to your index in a row.
> -s::
> --signoff::
> Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
> + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
>
> --strategy=::
> Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.
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