Re: Please add a git config option to make --show-signature the default

From: Austin English <austinenglish@gmail.com>
Date: May 25, 2016, 03:58 UTC
Message-ID: <CACC5Q1c2s4yOtGAtKsepwnme7udq7yqyN7S5BfMHbi0L08XwzA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1605241313440.4449@virtualbox>

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:20 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi Austin,
>
> On Mon, 23 May 2016, Austin English wrote:
>
>> As stated in title, I'd like to see an option to enable GPG signature
>> by default.
>
> I see an option was mentioned in the mail's subject line, but no
> indication which command you want to assume implicitly that this option
> was passed.
>
> Care to elaborate?

My mistake, 'git show'.

>> I find this feature very useful and would like to enable it by default
>> on my machine, without having to resort to an alias in my ~/.bash_rc.
>
> You probably meant $HOME/.bashrc.

Well $HOME and ~ are functionally equivalent on bash, but yes I did mistake the filename, thanks.

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>> I asked in #git and checked the git repo, but I didn't see an option
>> listed for this.
>
> Since you are already a Git user, why not just use Git itself to
> investigate further? It is easy:
>
> 1. clone https://github.com/git/git
> 2. run `git grep show-signature` to figure out where this option is handled
> 3. open the corresponding file and find out where the flag is stored
> 4. use `git grep` again to determine whether there is another way to set
>    that flag

I used git to verify that there were no options for signature, which led me to file a bug, but in the absence of a bug tracker, to this mailing list.

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> If there is no other way, why not go the whole nine yards and just come up
> with a patch? That is how many, many other improvements were made: users
> wanted a certain feature and then just went ahead and made it all happen.
>
> You will find it a rewarding experience, and you will also find that you
> will receive excellent help on this mailing list when you demonstrate your
> willingness to invest some of your own time into that project.

I'll keep that in mind. I have a full time job and several other open source projects that I contribute to, so if I can find time, I'll try to submit my own patch. In the meantime, it seems appropriate to file a bug so that others can have the opportunity to solve the problem if they're interested.

-- 
-Austin