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Re: [PATCH] commit: teach --gpg-sign option

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 7, 2011, 11:18 UTC
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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>> 3. If I have prepared a series on a local branch, and I want to sign all
>>    of them, is this a variant of rebase or?
>
> If you really want to sign all you can rebase-i and use "exec" to do
> that automatically, but there's no point: signing the top-most commit
> serves the same purpose.

I think Gentoo wants identity, who (typically a Gentoo dev) signs this particular commit and takes responsibility for making sure the commit follows all kinds of Gentoo requirements. Commits can be passed around, author and committer are not a reliable source.

-- 
Duy
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Message 9 of 35 in “commit: teach --gpg-sign option”
  1. commit: teach --gpg-sign optionJunio C Hamano, Oct 6, 2011
  2. Shawn PearceOct 6, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederOct 6, 2011
  4. Matthieu MoyOct 6, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberOct 6, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011
  7. Robin H. JohnsonOct 6, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberOct 7, 2011
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 7, 2011
  10. Michael J GruberOct 9, 2011
  11. Robin H. JohnsonOct 9, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2011
  13. Robin H. JohnsonOct 11, 2011
  14. Michael J GruberOct 9, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2011
  16. Michael J GruberOct 10, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2011
  19. Michael J GruberOct 10, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011
  21. Michael J GruberOct 11, 2011
  22. 0/3 Signed-commitJunio C Hamano, Oct 19, 2011
  23. 1/3 Split GPG interface into its own helper libraryJunio C Hamano, Oct 19, 2011
  24. 2/3 commit: teach --gpg-sign optionJunio C Hamano, Oct 19, 2011
  25. 3/3 log: --show-signatureJunio C Hamano, Oct 19, 2011
  26. 0/5 Signed-commitJunio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2011
  27. 1/5 Split GPG interface into its own helper libraryJunio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2011
  28. 2/5 commit: teach --gpg-sign optionJunio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2011
  29. 3/5 log: --show-signatureJunio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2011
  30. 4/5 t7004: extract generic "GPG testing" bitsJunio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2011
  31. 5/5 test "commit -S" and "log --show-signature"Junio C Hamano, Oct 20, 2011
  32. 7/5 pretty: %G[?GS] placeholdersJunio C Hamano, Oct 22, 2011
  33. Elia PintoOct 22, 2011
  34. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2011
  35. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2011

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