Documentation: Clarify '--signoff' for git-commit

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 105668f8a3cf13c2a759e9da4d0acc50ef781de9..7688f3b04d197007bce64a2bcc54c0b62c0b5922 100644 (file)
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -342,13 +342,14 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
        if (prefixcmp(key,  "remote."))
                return 0;
        name = key + 7;
+       if (*name == '/') {
+               warning("Config remote shorthand cannot begin with '/': %s",
+                       name);
+               return 0;
+       }
        subkey = strrchr(name, '.');
        if (!subkey)
                return error("Config with no key for remote %s", name);
-       if (*subkey == '/') {
-               warning("Config remote shorthand cannot begin with '/': %s", name);
-               return 0;
-       }
        remote = make_remote(name, subkey - name);
        if (!strcmp(subkey, ".mirror"))
                remote->mirror = git_config_bool(key, value);