I had a new git repository with only two commits, and one push to GitHub. Then I did
chmod -R a+x * .*
to make all my files executable. I then also removed a file, but when I tried
git commit -m "Removing file"
I was “Suddenly” greeted with the following error message
Duplicate Signed-off-by lines.
I have not used the Signed-off-by functionality at all.
Why does this suddenly happen, when the two first commits proceeded without any problems?
OK, the following link put me on the right track:
http://willnorris.com/2009/02/git-duplicate-signed-off-by-lines
I realized that there is a bug in the default example hooks file in my local .git folder:
So after I ran the following command (to disable that file again) my problem disappeared ü
Cheers!