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Re: Cross-signing commits

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Mar 5, 2021, 21:44 UTC
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On 2021-03-05 at 16:47:14, Soni L. wrote:
> 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.

Can you explain what you mean by "cross-signing"? Are you proposing a situation where two parties sign the same commit?

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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US
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