SRE-3607: Enforce Signed-off-by in commit messages#9
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This adds a check for the presence of a `Signed-off-by` line in commit messages, which is a policy of this group. This is commonly known as a DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) signoff. - .github/workflows/dco-signoff.yml: New file. GitHub Actions workflow to check for DCO signoff in commit messages. - docs/git-commit-message-guidelines.md: - docs/maintenance.md: Update documentation for the DCO check. - vscode-project-words.txt: Minor updates. Signed-off-by: John E. Malmberg <john.malmberg@hpe.com>
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This adds a check for the presence of a
Signed-off-byline in commit messages, which is a policy of this group.This is commonly known as a DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) signoff.
.github/workflows/dco-signoff.yml: New file. GitHub Actions workflow to check for DCO signoff in commit messages.
docs/git-commit-message-guidelines.md:
docs/maintenance.md: Update documentation for the DCO check.
vscode-project-words.txt: Minor updates.