# Bug: signed commits vs. git-fast-export

2 messages from 2026-02-10 to 2026-02-10. Participants: Matthias Urlichs.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64968

## Matthias Urlichs, 2026-02-10 08:43

Subject: Bug: signed commits vs. git-fast-export
Message-ID: <87e16dc6-cac4-473d-aab1-c18a1473b77e@urlichs.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87e16dc6-cac4-473d-aab1-c18a1473b77e%40urlichs.de

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Some repositories contain signed commits. "git fast-export" silently 
skips them. This breaks "git filter-repo".

Example:

$ git cat-file -p 7657709a2600849b69307a428314a8adb1d8a7f6
tree b73dbbcb8c0bb80197d82edaaa24a383bb80833c
author eadali <erkanadali91@gmail.com> 1655729676 +0300
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> 1655729676 +0300
gpgsig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

  wsBcBAABCAAQBQJisG4MCRBK7hj4Ov3rIwAAAvQIAAdcfZfwI8Cm3AHQhXRjEnv3
  r6lxOPDfH7vAbMeMS6/yUEZLQI2cVnWuKzUtTytH07aaNJ6kDc4FoigRp9Cnn0OV
  3uBSnm4UcpLlq41qD328L86+qBbHWHKzKANj1nK3ZQ2eLQkDkQ+Zi0ozypvxKHDm
  K1NNAvlTIc8kczgsfH9ORUin26qgMvjAT2vzdmhKLlHVeTzVNki6kenqq3zdUBOg
  7Veonvpy3SA5LnmPkCNs9s4qFW/PauThiFQ87W1kXFbSJ8hkFYKHOScIQ2kgy/0M
  c7Fh+jxSu+HCGLc2Uv3WYhtGbQNTD5+9VDV3FxWOS8IiVuj/kbCTeEi15xQ3sfY=
  =G6dA
  -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


Initial commit
[ no trailing newline ]

$ git fast-export --no-data 7657709a2600849b69307a428314a8adb1d8a7f6 
--signed-tags=verbatim
reset 7657709a2600849b69307a428314a8adb1d8a7f6
commit 7657709a2600849b69307a428314a8adb1d8a7f6
mark :1
author eadali <erkanadali91@gmail.com> 1655729676 +0300
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> 1655729676 +0300
data 14
Initial commitM 100644 b6e47617de110dea7ca47e087ff1347cc2646eda .gitignore
M 100644 ccc7a8c253e40cc08d9e4d122c1585d29edfc883 LICENSE
M 100644 f65e27a64885c7bf563e0b6e974c0beaec16428c README.md

-- 
-- mit freundlichen Grüßen
-- 
-- Matthias Urlichs


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## Matthias Urlichs, 2026-02-10 08:58

Subject: Re: Bug: signed commits vs. git-fast-export
Message-ID: <d00dd3e5-dafc-4967-9212-9780e18aeab2@urlichs.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/d00dd3e5-dafc-4967-9212-9780e18aeab2%40urlichs.de
In-Reply-To: <87e16dc6-cac4-473d-aab1-c18a1473b77e@urlichs.de>

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Oops, I see that current git already contains an option to control that. 
I should have checked more closely …

NB --signed-commits should probably default to whatever --signed-tags 
says, unless overridden.

-- 
-- mit freundlichen Grüßen
-- 
-- Matthias Urlichs


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