linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH docs] docs: maintainers: mention tag -s for signed tags

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Message-ID: <87jzv21hm2.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:19:01 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH docs] docs: maintainers: mention tag -s for signed tags

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> The documentation talks about -u and how to configure the default
> key. It does not mention that once the default key is set one
> should use the -s flag. Which is likely what most people end up
> using.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst
> index ec0ddfb9cdd3..a054de0c50dc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst
> @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration.
>  
>  Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
>  <pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed
> -tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However,
> -since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can
> -set it once with
> +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
>  ::

Applied, thanks.

jon