# Modernise .gitconfig Signing Block Name 2 messages from 2024-03-02 to 2024-03-02. Participants: admin@inferencium.net, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/61040 ## admin@inferencium.net, 2024-03-02 20:01 Subject: Modernise .gitconfig Signing Block Name Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/KfyeAjLLXySd6IEKwEmOvrDqtBIhoCRPon7r8IuUIwPbUhlf8XR0CCmqP3Y5D-8hur57_SFQPqwk0xOA7p0h6xqw48ZMdNbzTBPN2hh9Ph4%3D%40inferencium.net ``` As SSH has been supported as a signing method for a while now in Git, the block name `gpg` within `.gitconfig` no longer makes sense as it's not the only method of signing commits and tags. I propose renaming `[gpg]` to something such as `[sig]` or `[sign]`. The current method of achieving this is `format = ssh` within the `[gpg]` block, which would be the same (hypothetically) as redefining SHA-1 to be SHA-256 via `format = sha256` within a `[sha1]` block; it really doesn't make sense in 2024 for it to be this way. The outcome of this would be using `format = gpg` or `format = ssh` within a `[sig]` or `[sign]` block (or whatever anyone comes up with which could be better). For backwards compatibility, `[gpg]` can also be allowed as an alias for the new name. The default could also be `format = gpg`, as it's still the most widely-used signing method. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2024-03-02 21:08 Subject: Re: Modernise .gitconfig Signing Block Name Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqsf18wddm.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: ``` admin@inferencium.net writes: > For backwards compatibility, `[gpg]` can also be allowed as an > alias for the new name. The default could also be `format = gpg`, > as it's still the most widely-used signing method. Sounds good. Patches welcome. Thanks. ```