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You can "sign" this certificate by including a line in the git commit of "Signed-off-by: Legal Name <email-address>
", using the email address associated with your GitHub account.
Why DCO
The DCO is a per-commit sign-off made by a contributor stating that they agree to the terms published at https://developercertificate.org/ for that particular contribution. DCO sign-offs differ from contributor agreements (CLAs):
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The merge or a PR must also have a DCO so we can know the entire repository is under the associated license.
Squashed Merges
When Merging a Pull Request through "squash and merge", include the Signed-off-by
lines from every contributor, and add one for you as the person merging. This might require you to edit the comments as a part of the merge. Note: If you use the GitHub client, it should handle cleaning up any extraneous messages for you.
Handling Failures
When you have a DCO failure on your PR from DCO Bot
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