Re: [PATCH] am: add am.signoff add config variable

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On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:47:01AM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
> Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > git-am has options to enable --message-id and --3way by default,
> > but no option to enable --signoff by default. Add a "am.signoff"
> > config option.
> 
> I'm not sure this is a good idea.  IANAL, but a sign-off
> has some sort of legal meaning for this project (DCO)
> and that would be better decided on a patch-by-patch basis
> rather than a blanket statement.
> 
> I don't add my SoB to patches (either my own or received) until
> I'm comfortable with it; and I'd rather err on the side of
> forgetting and being prodded to resubmit rather than putting
> an SoB on the wrong patch.

This is an interesting point. I am not competent to argue about
it, so I will let the Git developers decide.

-- 
Eduardo



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