Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify signature verification

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 12, 2016, 15:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh9f6su8l.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160412010009.GD9034@hashbang.sh>

KellerFuchs <KellerFuchs@hashbang.sh> writes:

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> I would rather see something like
>
>>     Verify that the tip commit of the side branch being merged is
>>     signed with a valid key, i.e. a key that has a valid uid: in the
>>     default trust model, this means it has been signed by a trusted key.
>>     If the tip commit of the side branch is not signed with a valid key,
>>     the merge is aborted.
>
> It's unfortunately more verbose, but I don't want to make promises
> about GnuPG's behaviour that depends on the user's configuration.

Good thinking.  Thanks.