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Expand documentation describing --signoff

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Modify various document (man page) files to explain
in more detail what --signoff means.

This was inspired by https://lwn.net/Articles/669976/ where
paulj noted, "adding [the] '-s' argument to [a] git commit
doesn't really mean you have even heard of the DCO...".
Extending git's documentation will make it easier to argue
that developers understood --signoff when they use it.

Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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David A. Wheeler
2016-01-05 14:20:26 -05:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ OPTIONS
-s::
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
log message.
log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
but it typically certifies that committer has
the rights to submit this work under the same license and
agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
(see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
-n::
--no-verify::