To contribute to this project, you must agree to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) for each commit you make. The DCO is a simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the contribution.
See the DCO file for the full text of what you must agree to and how it works here. To signify that you agree to the DCO for contributions, you simply add a line to each of your git commit messages:
Signed-off-by: Jane Smith <[email protected]>
Note: you don't have to manually include this line on your commits, git does that for you as shown below:
$ git commit -s -m “my commit message w/signoff”
In most cases, git automatically adds the signoff to your commit with the use of
-s or --signoff flag to git commit. You must use your real name and a reachable email
address (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions).
To ensure all your commits are signed, you may choose to add this alias to your global .gitconfig:
~/.gitconfig
[alias]
amend = commit -s --amend
cm = commit -s -m
commit = commit -s
Or you may configure your IDE, for example, Visual Studio Code to automatically sign-off commits for you:
