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[PATCH v3] tag: add tag.gpgSign config option to force all tags be GPG-signed

From
Tigran Mkrtchyan <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
Date
Jun 5, 2019, 15:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20190605155300.26506-1-tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
In-Reply-To
<139144069.10140489.1559664262817.JavaMail.zimbra@desy.de>

As many CI/CD tools don't allow to control command line options when executing `git tag` command, a default value in the configuration file will allow to enforce tag signing if required.

The new config-file option tag.gpgSign enforces signed tags. Additional command line option --no-sign is added to disable such behavior if needed. E.g.:

    $ git tag -m "commit message"
will generate a GPG signed tag if tag.gpgSign option is true, while
    $ git tag --no-sign -m "commit message"
will skip the signing step.
The combination of -u <key-id> and --no-sign not allowed.
Signed-off-by: Tigran Mkrtchyan <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
---
 Documentation/config/tag.txt |  7 +++++++
 Documentation/git-tag.txt    |  7 +++++++
 builtin/tag.c                | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t7004-tag.sh               | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/tag.txt b/Documentation/config/tag.txt
index 663663bdec..675483c3c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/tag.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ tag.sort::
 	linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
 	value of this variable will be used as the default.
 
+tag.gpgsign::
+	A boolean to specify whether all tags should be GPG signed.
+	Use of this option when running in an automated script can
+	result in a large number of tags being signed. It is therefore
+	convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your gpg passphrase
+	several times.
+
 tar.umask::
 	This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
 	tar archive entries.  The default is 0002, which turns off the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index a74e7b926d..2e5599a67f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ OPTIONS
 -s::
 --sign::
 	Make a GPG-signed tag, using the default e-mail address's key.
+	The default behavior of tag GPG-signing is controlled by `tag.gpgSign`
+	configuration variable if it exists, or disabled oder otherwise.
+	See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+--no-sign::
+	Override `tag.gpgSign` configuration variable that is
+	set to force each and every tag to be signed.
 
 -u <keyid>::
 --local-user=<keyid>::
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index ef37dccf86..ec5fd1dcc0 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static const char * const git_tag_usage[] = {
 
 static unsigned int colopts;
 static int force_sign_annotate;
+static int config_sign_tag = -1; /* unspecified */
 
 static int list_tags(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting,
 		     struct ref_format *format)
@@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ static int git_tag_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	int status;
 	struct ref_sorting **sorting_tail = (struct ref_sorting **)cb;
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "tag.gpgsign")) {
+		config_sign_tag = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "tag.sort")) {
 		if (!value)
 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
@@ -442,14 +448,12 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	memset(&opt, 0, sizeof(opt));
 	memset(&filter, 0, sizeof(filter));
 	filter.lines = -1;
+	opt.sign = -1;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_tag_usage, 0);
 
-	if (keyid) {
-		opt.sign = 1;
-		set_signing_key(keyid);
-	}
-	create_tag_object = (opt.sign || annotate || msg.given || msgfile);
+	if (keyid && !opt.sign)
+		die(_("user key can't be specified with --no-sign option"));
 
 	if (!cmdmode) {
 		if (argc == 0)
@@ -463,6 +467,15 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (cmdmode == 'l')
 		setup_auto_pager("tag", 1);
 
+	if (opt.sign == -1)
+		opt.sign = cmdmode ? 0 : config_sign_tag > 0;
+
+	if (keyid) {
+		opt.sign = 1;
+		set_signing_key(keyid);
+	}
+	create_tag_object = (opt.sign || annotate || msg.given || msgfile);
+
 	if ((create_tag_object || force) && (cmdmode != 0))
 		usage_with_options(git_tag_usage, options);
 
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 6aeeb279a0..80eb13d94e 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -932,6 +932,27 @@ test_expect_success GPG \
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+get_tag_header gpgsign-enabled $commit commit $time >expect
+echo "A message" >>expect
+echo '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----' >>expect
+test_expect_success GPG \
+	'git tag configured tag.gpgsign enables GPG sign' \
+	'test_config tag.gpgsign true &&
+	git tag -m "A message" gpgsign-enabled &&
+	get_tag_msg gpgsign-enabled>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+get_tag_header no-sign $commit commit $time >expect
+echo "A message" >>expect
+test_expect_success GPG \
+	'git tag --no-sign configured tag.gpgsign skip GPG sign' \
+	'test_config tag.gpgsign true &&
+	git tag -a --no-sign -m "A message" no-sign &&
+	get_tag_msg no-sign>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success GPG \
 	'trying to create a signed tag with non-existing -F file should fail' '
 	! test -f nonexistingfile &&
-- 
2.22.0.rc3.1.gdcc2db3530.dirty
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  2. tag: add tag.gpgSign config option to force all tags be GPG-signedTigran Mkrtchyan, Jun 4, 2019
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  4. Mkrtchyan, TigranJun 4, 2019
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