Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gpg-interface: introduce sign_buffer_with_key()

[Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>]

On 26/03/10 10:01AM, Christian Couder wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The `sign_commit_to_strbuf()` helper in "commit.c" provides fallback
> > logic to get the default configured signing key when a key is not
> > provided and handles generating the commit signature accordingly. This
> > signing operation is not really specific to commits as any arbitrary
> > buffer can be signed. Also, in a subsequent commit, this same logic is
> > reused by git-fast-import(1) when resigning invalid commit signatures.
> 
> Nit: s/resigning/re-signing/

Will fix.

> > Introduce `sign_buffer_with_key()` to centralize signing key resolution
> > in gpg-interface to allow callers to reuse the same behavior without
> > duplicating logic.
> 
> Nit: I think it would be a bit clearer if the change was described as:
> 
> - moving the `sign_commit_to_strbuf()` helper from "commit.c" to
> "gpg-interface.c",
> - renaming it to `sign_buffer_with_key()`, and
> - exporting it (so it can later be used by both "commit.c" and
> "builtin/fast-import.c").
> 
> Or did I miss something?

That's correct. I'll update the commit message in the next version to
try to be a bit more clear here. Thanks.

-Justin