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

[John Ferlan]

On 01/22/2018 07:05 AM, 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(-)
> 

Count me in as in favor of this.  I have only ever had to add:

[format]
	signoff = true

to my $HOME/.gitconfig once and it's been in place ever since.  This is
far less than the:

[user] and [sendemail] sections and the same amount of additions to/for
the [push] section.  One extra line.

It's also less than anything I've had to add to my repository specific
.git/config files.

It's also easier than the :

Reviewed-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>

line that I keep in a "cheats" file that I always have open so that I
don't have to add it for patches I review.  Of course, I could also just
say ACK, but the R-b seems so much more authoritative.  Now if I could
only remember or figure out a way to add it to any patches I push
without having to remember to go back and rebase --interactive to add it
(which I rarely ever do).

John