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authorMorris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>2016-09-29 17:34:38 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2016-09-29 17:34:38 +0200
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Merge pull request #1577 from nextcloud/add_alias_description
add alias description
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@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ In some areas unit testing is hard (aka almost impossible) as of today - in thes
### Sign your work
We use the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) as a additional safeguard
-for the Nextcloud project. This is a well established and widely used
-mechanism to assure contributors have confirmed their right to license
-their contribution under the project's license.
-Please read [contribute/developer-certificate-of-origin][dcofile].
+for the Nextcloud project. This is a well established and widely used
+mechanism to assure contributors have confirmed their right to license
+their contribution under the project's license.
+Please read [contribute/developer-certificate-of-origin][dcofile].
If you can certify it, then just add a line to every git commit message:
````
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ If you can certify it, then just add a line to every git commit message:
Use your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions).
If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can sign your
-commit automatically with `git commit -s`.
+commit automatically with `git commit -s`. You can also use git [aliases](https://git-scm.com/book/tr/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases)
+like `git config --global alias.ci 'commit -s'`. Now you can commit with
+`git ci` and the commit will be signed.
### Apply a license