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Doc update.

* cw/doc-sign-off:
  doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing
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Junio C Hamano
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@ -216,12 +216,11 @@ that it will be postponed.
Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask
you to re-send them using MIME, that is OK. you to re-send them using MIME, that is OK.
Do not PGP sign your patch, at least for now. Most likely, your Do not PGP sign your patch. Most likely, your maintainer or other people on the
maintainer or other people on the list would not have your PGP list would not have your PGP key and would not bother obtaining it anyway.
key and would not bother obtaining it anyway. Your patch is not Your patch is not judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin
judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin has a has a far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known, respected
far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known, origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things.
respected origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things.
If you really really really really want to do a PGP signed If you really really really really want to do a PGP signed
patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ patch.
*2* The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org *2* The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org
(5) Sign your work (5) Certify your work by adding your "Signed-off-by: " line
To improve tracking of who did what, we've borrowed the To improve tracking of who did what, we've borrowed the
"sign-off" procedure from the Linux kernel project on patches "sign-off" procedure from the Linux kernel project on patches