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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-10-12 10:35:19 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-10-12 10:35:19 -0700 |
commit | e8191a52657ecfc12928cfe9eada80a883111ef2 (patch) | |
tree | 31e4a1539d8a8fd19e7c65de777f6bf9b577dfdf /Documentation | |
parent | Twelfth batch (diff) | |
parent | ssh signing: test that gpg fails for unknown keys (diff) | |
download | tgif-e8191a52657ecfc12928cfe9eada80a883111ef2.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'fs/ssh-signing' into fs/ssh-signing-fix
* fs/ssh-signing:
ssh signing: test that gpg fails for unknown keys
ssh signing: tests for logs, tags & push certs
ssh signing: duplicate t7510 tests for commits
ssh signing: verify signatures using ssh-keygen
ssh signing: provide a textual signing_key_id
ssh signing: retrieve a default key from ssh-agent
ssh signing: add ssh key format and signing code
ssh signing: add test prereqs
ssh signing: preliminary refactoring and clean-up
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 45 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/user.txt | 7 |
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index d94025cb36..51a756b2f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ gpg.program:: gpg.format:: Specifies which key format to use when signing with `--gpg-sign`. - Default is "openpgp" and another possible value is "x509". + Default is "openpgp". Other possible values are "x509", "ssh". gpg.<format>.program:: Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default - value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". + value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm" and `gpg.ssh.program` is "ssh-keygen". gpg.minTrustLevel:: Specifies a minimum trust level for signature verification. If @@ -33,3 +33,44 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel:: * `marginal` * `fully` * `ultimate` + +gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand: + This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh + signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key is + expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first + available key from your ssh-agent set this to "ssh-add -L". + +gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile:: + A file containing ssh public keys which you are willing to trust. + The file consists of one or more lines of principals followed by an ssh + public key. + e.g.: user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1... + See ssh-keygen(1) "ALLOWED SIGNERS" for details. + The principal is only used to identify the key and is available when + verifying a signature. ++ +SSH has no concept of trust levels like gpg does. To be able to differentiate +between valid signatures and trusted signatures the trust level of a signature +verification is set to `fully` when the public key is present in the allowedSignersFile. +Therefore to only mark fully trusted keys as verified set gpg.minTrustLevel to `fully`. +Otherwise valid but untrusted signatures will still verify but show no principal +name of the signer. ++ +This file can be set to a location outside of the repository and every developer +maintains their own trust store. A central repository server could generate this +file automatically from ssh keys with push access to verify the code against. +In a corporate setting this file is probably generated at a global location +from automation that already handles developer ssh keys. ++ +A repository that only allows signed commits can store the file +in the repository itself using a path relative to the top-level of the working tree. +This way only committers with an already valid key can add or change keys in the keyring. ++ +Using a SSH CA key with the cert-authority option +(see ssh-keygen(1) "CERTIFICATES") is also valid. + +gpg.ssh.revocationFile:: + Either a SSH KRL or a list of revoked public keys (without the principal prefix). + See ssh-keygen(1) for details. + If a public key is found in this file then it will always be treated + as having trust level "never" and signatures will show as invalid. diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index 59aec7c3ae..ad78dce9ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ user.signingKey:: commit, you can override the default selection with this variable. This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. + If gpg.format is set to "ssh" this can contain the literal ssh public + key (e.g.: "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier") or a file which contains it and + corresponds to the private key used for signing. The private key + needs to be available via ssh-agent. Alternatively it can be set to + a file containing a private key directly. If not set git will call + gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the first + key available. |