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diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..78bbbb0d2c84 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. _configuregit: + +Configure Git +============= + +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 +:: + + git config user.signingkey "keyname" + +Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand: +:: + + [user] + name = Jane Developer + email = jd@domain.org + signingkey = jd@domain.org + +You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2`` +:: + + [gpg] + program = /path/to/gpg2 + +You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc file) +:: + + export GPG_TTY=$(tty) |