On 17/02/2017 17:54, Chad Joan wrote: > Regarding the signature: IIRC, setting up certificates on a machine > using gpg can be quite time consuming and learning-intensive if you've > never needed to do it before. Having that example will go a long way to > help with this. There is still a possible pain-point: you might write > one line of git code in the example, and it is easy for you due to your > workflow, but it could be hours of fiddling for someone who has never > done it before. If I'm wrong, show me (the hypothetical reader) how > easy it is ;) If I'm right (and that would be unfortunate, in this > case), then it might be helpful if you politely ask the reader to spend > time X amount of time on it (establish accurate expectations) and then > provide a link to the most helpful how-to article you can find on the > subject.
GPG signing is not needed. All you need is "git commit -s". Adding "Signed-off-by: Chad Joan <chadj...@gmail.com>" basically is a way to tell us "I understand I'm contributing this under the GNU GPL or a compatible license". It's not a cryptographic signature. Paolo
