Re: "format-patch" command doesn't support SSH signing

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Hi Marcos,

On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, Marcos Alano wrote:

> I was trying to generate a patch to send to a project (Linux specifically) but
> when I generate the patch using "format-patch" I saw there was no "Signed-Off"
> line, but my commit is signed using SSH. My git version is the latest, 2.34.

A "Sign-off" is a convention for the commit message, but _signing a
commit_ is a cryptographic signature. They are two different things.

You can add the "Signed-off-by:" trailers via `git format-patch`'s
`--signoff` option:
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#Documentation/git-format-patch.txt---signoff

Ciao,
Johannes



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