linux-kernel - Re: Using signed tag in pull requests

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:34:14 +1100
From:	Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@...il.com>
To:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:	git@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Using signed tag in pull requests

On 18 January 2012 12:47, Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com> wrote:
> Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@...il.com> writes:
>
>>> Starting from Git release v1.7.9, a contributor can add a signed tag to
>>> the commit at the tip of the history and ask the integrator to pull that
>>> signed tag. When the integrator runs `git pull`, the signed tag is
>>> automatically verified to assure that the history is not tampered with.
>>> In addition, the resulting merge commit records the content of the signed
>>> tag, so that other people can verify that the branch merged by the
>>> contributor was signed by the contributor, without fetching the signed tag
>>
>> I think you mean to say 'the branch merged by the integrator was signed
>> by the contributor'.
>
> Definitely. I'll update my local copy.
>
> Thanks for spotting this.

No worries. That's the whole point right? :D
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