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diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst index 78bbbb0d2c84..0c21f203cf7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst @@ -1,34 +1,30 @@ -.. _configuregit: - -Configure Git -============= +Configuring Git +=============== This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration. -Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst -<pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed -tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However, -since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can -set it once with -:: +Tagged branches used in pull requests (see +Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst) should be signed with the +developers public GPG key. Signed tags can be created by passing +``-u <key-id>`` to ``git tag``. However, since you would *usually* use the same +key for the project, you can set it in the configuration and use the ``-s`` +flag. To set the default ``key-id`` use:: git config user.signingkey "keyname" -Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand: -:: +Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand:: [user] name = Jane Developer email = jd@domain.org signingkey = jd@domain.org -You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2`` -:: +You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2``:: [gpg] program = /path/to/gpg2 -You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc file) -:: +You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell +rc file):: export GPG_TTY=$(tty) |