Please add a git config option to make --show-signature the default

As stated in title, I'd like to see an option to enable GPG signature by default. I find this feature very useful and would like to enable it by default on my machine, without having to resort to an alias in my ~/.bash_rc.

I asked in #git and checked the git repo, but I didn't see an option listed for this.

Thanks in advance, and for git itself! ;) -Austin

Hi Austin,

On Mon, 23 May 2016, Austin English wrote:

I see an option was mentioned in the mail's subject line, but no indication which command you want to assume implicitly that this option was passed.

Care to elaborate?

You probably meant $HOME/.bashrc.

Since you are already a Git user, why not just use Git itself to investigate further? It is easy:

1. clone https://github.com/git/git
2. run `git grep show-signature` to figure out where this option is handled
3. open the corresponding file and find out where the flag is stored
4. use `git grep` again to determine whether there is another way to set
   that flag

If there is no other way, why not go the whole nine yards and just come up with a patch? That is how many, many other improvements were made: users wanted a certain feature and then just went ahead and made it all happen.

You will find it a rewarding experience, and you will also find that you will receive excellent help on this mailing list when you demonstrate your willingness to invest some of your own time into that project.

Ciao, Johannes

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:20 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

My mistake, 'git show'.

Well $HOME and ~ are functionally equivalent on bash, but yes I did mistake the filename, thanks.

I used git to verify that there were no options for signature, which led me to file a bug, but in the absence of a bug tracker, to this mailing list.

I'll keep that in mind. I have a full time job and several other open source projects that I contribute to, so if I can find time, I'll try to submit my own patch. In the meantime, it seems appropriate to file a bug so that others can have the opportunity to solve the problem if they're interested.

Hi,

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Austin English <austinenglish@gmail.com> wrote:

If you haven't started working on it and if no one else has picked it up then I would like to try it out and submit a patch.

Thanks, Mehul

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Mehul Jain <mehul.jain2029@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Mehul,

I have not started work, Gentoo/Tails have been keeping me busy. I would greatly appreciate you picking this up. I'm happy to test any patches if you'd like.