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Re: git-tag -s can't find GPG private key

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 27, 2010, 21:06 UTC
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Heya,
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 22:02, Mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It seems that when the GPG key name and user.name in git's config are
> different, git can't find the appropriate private key to sign the tag.
> Git should attempt to use user.email to find the key. Setting
> user.signingkey is of course a workaround. The relevant code would be in
> builtin-tag.c.

It seems you already know where to look, why don't you try and come up with a patch since it is indeed, your itch to scratch?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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