[libvirt] [PATCH hooks 1/1] Add check for Signed-off-by in commit messages

[Ján Tomko]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 12:42:47PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 01:22:01PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 12:05:19PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> > This extends the update hook so that it enforces a requirement to have a
>> > Signed-off-by line in every commit message. This can be optionally
>> > turned off in individual repos by setting the "hooks.allowmissingsob"
>> > git config variable.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
>> > ---
>> > update | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>> > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>>
>> Given that signed-off-by lines are pointless for patches authored and
>> committed by the same person,
>
>They are not pointless. They provide an explicit assertion that the author
>is acknowledged they are permitted to make the contribution under the project's
>license. This is distinct from the Author/Committer info in the commit, because
>that is added automatically my git with no thought required by the developer.
>

I refuse to believe that a group of programmers is incapable of automating such
mundane process.

Also, adding -s to the command line by muscle memory is by definition a
no-thought process.

>> NACK unless the hooks.allowmissingsob will be set in the main
>> libvirt.git (I don't really care about other repos).
>
>I'm intending it to be set in *every* repository include libvirt.git. There
>is no real world burden for developers to add a signed-off-by line to the
>commits they contribute to the project,

It adds visual clutter and one unnecessary step.

>and it puts us in a stronger legal
>position going forward. It is already commonplace across countless open
>source projects, including many that we interact & build on in libvirt.
>

Yes, and the amount of red tape required to contribute is off-putting.
It saddens me to see libvirt go that route.

Jan

>Regards,
>Daniel
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