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[PATCH] gpg-interface: expand gpg.program as a path

From
Jonas Brandstötter <jonas.brandstoetter@gmx.at>
Date
Jul 11, 2025, 23:23 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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This allows using a custom gpg program under the user's home directory by specifying a path starting with '~'

[gpg]
        program = "~/.local/bin/mygpg"
Signed-off-by: Jonas Brandstötter <jonas.brandstoetter@gmx.at>
---
First time interacting with a project via a mailing list. Do let me know if
I did something very dumb.
  Jonas
 Documentation/config/gpg.adoc | 2 +-
 gpg-interface.c               | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc b/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc
index 5cf32b179d..240e46c050 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 gpg.program::
-	Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
+	Pathname of the program to use instead of "`gpg`" when
 	making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
 	same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
 	signature, "`gpg --verify $signature - <$file`" is run, and the
diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index 0896458de5..3dfbc45385 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static int git_gpg_config(const char *var, const char *value,

 	if (fmtname) {
 		fmt = get_format_by_name(fmtname);
-		return git_config_string((char **) &fmt->program, var, value);
+		return git_config_pathname((char **) &fmt->program, var, value);
 	}

 	return 0;

base-commit: a30f80fde927d70950b3b4d1820813480968fb0d
--
2.50.1
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Message 2 of 15 in “[BUG] gpg.program: '~' not expanded to home directory”
  1. Ross MacArthurJul 11, 2025
  2. gpg-interface: expand gpg.program as a pathJonas Brandstötter, Jul 11, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2025
  4. 0/2 gpg-interface: expand gpg.program as a pathJonas Brandstötter, Jul 22, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2025
  6. 1/2 gpg-interface: expand gpg.program as a pathJonas Brandstötter, Jul 22, 2025
  7. 2/2 t7510: add test cases for non-absolute gpg programJonas Brandstötter, Jul 22, 2025
  8. Jeff KingJul 25, 2025
  9. Jeff KingJul 25, 2025
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2025
  11. Jeff KingJul 29, 2025
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2025
  14. Andreas SchwabJul 12, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2025

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