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Cross-signing commits

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SLSoni L. <fakedme+git@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 5, 2021, 16:47 UTC
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<355bb5d1-f661-4ac2-d536-d1c56ec5e408@gmail.com>

We have a somewhat unusual use-case where we need to cross-sign commits. Is there any way to do this in git? As far as one can tell, attempting to cross-sign a commit would cause its hash to change, and creating a signed child commit would break fast-forward merges. So these are a no-go.

Thanks.
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