Support fast forward merges with sign-offs
Problem to solve
Our DevOps team uses fast forward merges. The persons, who do the merges, add their sign-offs to document the review. So merging a merge request looks like:
git checkout master
git cherry-pick --signoff master..$feature
git pushWe like to use the merge proposal feature of GitLab with our workflow.
Intended users
- Sasha (Software Developer)
- Devon (DevOps Engineer)
- Sidney (Systems Administrator)
Further details
See problem description above.
Proposal
Please add an option to Settings -> General -> "Merge requests" -> "Merge options" named "Sign-off commits when merging" and maybe have that option also on the merge proposal page as well.
Permissions and Security
Every person that is allowed to merge a branch should be also have the permission to merge it with an sign-off.
Documentation
Testing
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
Links / references
-s --signoff Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project, but it typically certifies that committer has the rights to submit this work under the same license and agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin (see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).