On Fri, 2021-08-13 at 07:17 +0000, THOBY Simon wrote:
> On 8/12/21 8:31 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > Before posting the patch, please fix your user name and email address
> > in the git configuration. scripts/checkpatch.pl is complaining:
> >
> > ERROR: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author 'THOBY Simon
> > <Simon.THOBY@xxxxxxxxxx>'
>
> >
> > total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 218 lines checked
>
> I guess Microsoft Exchange strikes again :/
> On my end, the patches have the correct 'From: Simon Thoby <simon.thoby@xxxxxxxxxx>'
> header, but it seems Outlook likes to rewrite headers to match my Microsoft work account
> information. I will update my git config, as I can't edit the name and email of the corporate
> account.
> Sorry about that.
If commit 48ca2d8ac8a1 ("checkpatch: add new warnings to author signoff
checks") wasn't case sensitive, it would have flagged "<
simon.thoby@xxxxxxxxxx>" as a warning, not an error.
Mimi
