I have tested it by changing the build.yml to use the local version of the action and the result was https://github.com/pvogt09/add-and-commit/actions/runs/187259492/workflow which passed and created a commit with the desired commit message and "Signed-off-by" line. For the PR I deleted these commits again and force pushed a more tidyer version. I just recreated the local test in https://github.com/pvogt09/add-and-commit/tree/test.

The aim of the signoff flag is not to change git add (that does not have a --signoff argument btw), it is supposed to add "Signed-off-by: author < email-address >" to the commit message (like in 0cbe3c6). It might be possible to archieve the same with the message option, but then author and email of the push/pull_request that started the workflow have to be known in advance and can not be changed/dynamically derived.

Sorry, my bad:

• When I meant that it wasn't committing correctly I meant that it didn't do it correctly when the option was not being used.
• You're right, that goes to the git commit command, using a dedicated option is ok

I am ok with the changes. Thank you for the help.

@all-contributors please add @pvogt09 for code

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I've put up a pull request to add @pvogt09! 🎉

Ok, you can find the new feature in version v4.3.0 (available also using v4 and latest)

Thanks again for your contribution ✨