How to sign-off ("signed-off-by") a Git commit in PyCharm?

Question

I wonder how I can add the "signed-off-by" line in a Git commit automatically within PyCharm's Commit dialog.

There are options for amending to the previous commit and changing the author of the commit, but I couldn't find an option for adding the signed-off line (git commit -s) on a per-commit basis.

Is it even possible or is it a missing feature?

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '16 at 23:56

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For anyone getting this answer in google searches, here is the solution as tested in Ubuntu 16.04:

echo 'no-tty' >> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
echo 'use-agent' >> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf

Then you can:

git config --global format.signoff true

This will set git to always sign-off, and set gpg to use a gtk popup to ask for your key password when needed and avoid errors in pycharm.

Hope that helps someone.

answered May 16 '16 at 23:56

miigotu

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looks like `format.signoff` is not working as expected.. – Sathish Apr 08 '21 at 04:57
@Sathish make sure you are using a git version >= 1.6.3 https://github.com/git/git/commit/1d1876e9300c56f399ea2976c5831674cd9818b1 – miigotu Jun 26 '21 at 18:13
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my git version is `2.24.3` @miigotu – Sathish Jun 29 '21 at 11:06

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '14 at 08:59

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The IntelliJ plateform (Pycharm is based on it) doesn't seem to support Git sign-off yet (issue).

There's a similar request including GPG signing.

answered Mar 15 '14 at 08:59

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score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 10 '17 at 09:38

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In PyCharm 2016.3 (just released) it's available as a tickbox in the commit dialog.

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answered Nov 25 '16 at 09:07

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Is there a way to keep box ticked and add a default account to sign off on? – Falnésio Mar 29 '20 at 20:48
Available as a tick box in RubyMine commit dialog too.. – Sathish Apr 08 '21 at 04:59

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 10 '15 at 20:45

As can be seen from the linked issues, not implemented yet but then one can simply put the signing key information inside ~/.gitconfig and run git commit -s from the command line, all else I do from within IDEA (WebStorm in my case).

Of course, I am looking forward when it's implemented and one doesn't have to hop outside IDEA just to have a commit signed and then go back and continue inside IDEA.

How to sign-off ("signed-off-by") a Git commit in PyCharm?

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