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Re: Allow "-u" flag to tag signing

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CWChris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Date
Oct 6, 2005, 23:32 UTC
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<20051006233200.GR8041@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0510060952410.31407@g5.osdl.org>
* Linus Torvalds (torvalds@osdl.org) wrote:
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> So rather than force my tagger ID to have to match the gpg key name, just 
> support the "-u" flag to "git tag" instead. It implicitly enables signing, 
> since it doesn't make any sense without it. Thus:
> 
> 	git tag -u <gpg-key-name> <tag-name> [<tagged-object>]
> 
> will use the named gpg key for signing.

Nice, I've had a hack something like this locally here as well, and been meaning to cleanup and submit.

thanks, -chris

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Message 4 of 4 in “Allow "-u" flag to tag signing”
  1. Linus TorvaldsOct 6, 2005
  2. H. Peter AnvinOct 6, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2005
  4. Chris WrightOct 6, 2005

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