# signing tags: user.name assumed to be gpg uid? 3 messages from 2009-12-29 to 2009-12-30. Participants: Peter Vereshagin, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22053 ## Peter Vereshagin, 2009-12-29 20:36 Subject: signing tags: user.name assumed to be gpg uid? Message-ID: <20091229203637.GA3036@screwed.box> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091229203637.GA3036%40screwed.box ``` Como esta, git? I notice that after I init and config user.name and user.email the user.comment gets taken from ~/.gpg automatically. Is it a correct behaviour? And, when I try git tag v0.1 -s I get : === gpg: skipped "Peter Vereshagin ": secret key not available === and this is because I need to config user.name with the gpg comment: when I === git config --global user.name "Peter Vereshagin (http://vereshagin.org)" === the git tag signs well. But is it a correct behaviour to need the comment as a user's name? On key editing the gpg makes difference between (N)ame and (C)omment by far. 73! Peter pgp: A0E26627 (4A42 6841 2871 5EA7 52AB 12F8 0CE1 4AAC A0E2 6627) -- http://vereshagin.org ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2009-12-29 21:12 Subject: Re: signing tags: user.name assumed to be gpg uid? Message-ID: <7vaax1bi3e.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vaax1bi3e.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20091229203637.GA3036@screwed.box> ``` Peter Vereshagin writes: > I notice that after I init and config user.name and user.email the > user.comment gets taken from ~/.gpg automatically. What is "user.comment"? > Is it a correct behaviour? Yes, matching with user.name/user.email (actually committer information) is often the most convenient thing to do. You can use user.signingkey configuration to use a key that doesn't match your name, too. ``` ## Peter Vereshagin, 2009-12-30 10:47 Subject: Re: signing tags: user.name assumed to be gpg uid? Message-ID: <20091230104720.GA3229@screwed.box> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091230104720.GA3229%40screwed.box In-Reply-To: <7vaax1bi3e.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Oh Junio want you buy me a mersedes benz? 2009/12/29 13:12:05 -0800 Junio C Hamano => To Peter Vereshagin : JCH> > I notice that after I init and config user.name and user.email the JCH> > user.comment gets taken from ~/.gpg automatically. JCH> What is "user.comment"? My probable suggestion about where the gpg key's comment field should be written for config --global. Sorry, it's not from ~/.gnupg JCH> > Is it a correct behaviour? JCH> Yes, matching with user.name/user.email (actually committer information) JCH> is often the most convenient thing to do. Is it necessary the pgp comment field to be present on the user.name? It isn't for From: in e-mail messages. JCH> You can use user.signingkey configuration to use a key that doesn't match JCH> your name, too. Thanks! 73! Peter pgp: A0E26627 (4A42 6841 2871 5EA7 52AB 12F8 0CE1 4AAC A0E2 6627) -- http://vereshagin.org ```