From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael J Gruber Subject: Re: [Tagging Commits] feedback / discussion request Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 11:21:19 +0200 Message-ID: <4DC11A8F.5020408@drmicha.warpmail.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Richard Peterson , git@vger.kernel.org To: Sverre Rabbelier X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 04 11:21:50 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QHYGu-0001zE-Sd for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 04 May 2011 11:21:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752223Ab1EDJVX (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2011 05:21:23 -0400 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:42126 "EHLO out2.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751699Ab1EDJVW (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2011 05:21:22 -0400 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD04205B7; Wed, 4 May 2011 05:21:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 04 May 2011 05:21:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=lV1o9E5+/RTQo2Kir0KzGWjGPJ0=; b=pDwaoABGbxidkRHIL65yWeryciCjqWsWetHVAQZAQA2TEggUJsvwwzH6UbeFf9AhQx6QkB3aL7OeBS1vU5vSZegEZOnrR3OeNqgRTCZysDBvvJ3xCaNFVkGOMBv4m+Ko5RwXAtDLDmzsalSYNdcfIE5sL8s6a+qNAFPbzsFGwiQ= X-Sasl-enc: nEmYp7JtLpIqnuZwbyy3r/65FXLbezM1M4BTe619Loh/ 1304500882 Received: from localhost.localdomain (whitehead.math.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.44.62]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9D53407F0C; Wed, 4 May 2011 05:21:21 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110428 Fedora/3.1.10-1.fc14 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Sverre Rabbelier venit, vidit, dixit 04.05.2011 01:49: > Heya, > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 01:36, Richard Peterson wrote: >> Thank you, and please give feedback. I'm no git pro - just a guy with an >> idea. Based on your feedback, Eric and I will steer our implementation. > > Have you looked at git notes? They seem relevant. You could use them > to sign commits after the fact, and by multiple people, etc. > Exactly. Sign and store sig in refs/notes/sigs: git rev-parse | gpg -sa | git notes --ref=sigs append -F- Verify: git notes --ref=sigs show | gpg You can sign any object (blob, tree...) that way, of course. Everything else (meaning of this sig, just like the meaning of a signed tag or a s-o-b line) is a matter of project policy. Michael