Re: [PATCH 00/18] Signed push

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 19, 2014, 23:07 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8AMCR5v1YYfA1AWWWXuYyuvOpsuXUfYzWfxhPYZE9SbcQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1408485987-3590-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:06 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> While signed tags and commits assert that the objects thusly signed
> came from you, who signed these objects, there is not a good way to
> assert that you wanted to have a particular object at the tip of a
> particular branch.  My signing v2.0.1 tag only means I want to call
> the version v2.0.1, and it does not mean I want to push it out to my
> 'master' branch---it is likely that I only want it in 'maint', so
> the signature on the object alone is insufficient.
>
> The only assurance to you that 'maint' points at what I wanted to
> place there comes from your trust on the hosting site and my
> authentication with it, which cannot easily audited later.

I only had a quick read of a few important patches and may miss something. But all this audit recording is left to the hook, right? I suppose git-notes could be used to store the push cert. blob, or the server could make a signed tag to record this info in the ref.. or do you intend any other way to record these blobs?

-- 
Duy