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* [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] doc/git-howto.texi: Document commit signing
@ 2022-08-09 19:34 Michael Niedermayer
  2022-08-09 19:38 ` James Almer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Michael Niedermayer @ 2022-08-09 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches; +Cc: Michael Niedermayer

From: Michael Niedermayer <michael-git@niedermayer.cc>

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael-git@niedermayer.cc>
---
 doc/git-howto.texi | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/git-howto.texi b/doc/git-howto.texi
index 874afabbbc..48389751a4 100644
--- a/doc/git-howto.texi
+++ b/doc/git-howto.texi
@@ -187,11 +187,18 @@ to make sure you don't have untracked files or deletions.
 git add [-i|-p|-A] <filenames/dirnames>
 @end example
 
-Make sure you have told Git your name and email address
+Make sure you have told Git your name, email address and GPG key
 
 @example
 git config --global user.name "My Name"
 git config --global user.email my@@email.invalid
+git config --global user.signingkey ABCDEF0123245
+@end example
+
+Enable signing all commits or use -S
+
+@example
+git config --global commit.gpgsign true
 @end example
 
 Use @option{--global} to set the global configuration for all your Git checkouts.
@@ -423,6 +430,19 @@ git checkout -b svn_23456 $SHA1
 where @var{$SHA1} is the commit hash from the @command{git log} output.
 
 
+@chapter gpg key generation
+
+If you have no gpg key yet, we recommand that you create a ed25519 based key as it
+is small, fast and secure. Especially it results in small signatures in git.
+
+@example
+gpg --default-new-key-algo "ed25519/cert,sign+cv25519/encr" --quick-generate-key "human@server.com"
+@end example
+
+When genarting a key, make sure the email specified matches the email used in git as some sites like
+github consider mismatches a reason to declare such commits unverified. After generating a key you
+can add it to the MAINTAINER file and upload it to a keyserver.
+
 @chapter Pre-push checklist
 
 Once you have a set of commits that you feel are ready for pushing,
-- 
2.17.1

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