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diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0c21f203c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Configuring Git +=============== + +This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration. + +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:: + + [user] + name = Jane Developer + email = jd@domain.org + signingkey = jd@domain.org + +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):: + + export GPG_TTY=$(tty) |