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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt index fda4fb89e9..833afff842 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt @@ -15,3 +15,50 @@ produce RFC1991 signatures which use `MESSAGE` instead of `SIGNATURE`. The signed payload and the way the signature is embedded depends on the type of the object resp. transaction. + +== Tag signatures + +- created by: `git tag -s` +- payload: annotated tag object +- embedding: append the signature to the unsigned tag object +- example: tag `signedtag` with subject `signed tag` + +---- +object 04b871796dc0420f8e7561a895b52484b701d51a +type commit +tag signedtag +tagger C O Mitter <committer@example.com> 1465981006 +0000 + +signed tag + +signed tag message body +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1 + +iQEcBAABAgAGBQJXYRhOAAoJEGEJLoW3InGJklkIAIcnhL7RwEb/+QeX9enkXhxn +rxfdqrvWd1K80sl2TOt8Bg/NYwrUBw/RWJ+sg/hhHp4WtvE1HDGHlkEz3y11Lkuh +8tSxS3qKTxXUGozyPGuE90sJfExhZlW4knIQ1wt/yWqM+33E9pN4hzPqLwyrdods +q8FWEqPPUbSJXoMbRPw04S5jrLtZSsUWbRYjmJCHzlhSfFWW4eFd37uquIaLUBS0 +rkC3Jrx7420jkIpgFcTI2s60uhSQLzgcCwdA2ukSYIRnjg/zDkj8+3h/GaROJ72x +lZyI6HWixKJkWw8lE9aAOD9TmTW9sFJwcVAzmAuFX2kUreDUKMZduGcoRYGpD7E= +=jpXa +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +---- + +- verify with: `git verify-tag [-v]` or `git tag -v` + +---- +gpg: Signature made Wed Jun 15 10:56:46 2016 CEST using RSA key ID B7227189 +gpg: Good signature from "Eris Discordia <discord@example.net>" +gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! +gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. +Primary key fingerprint: D4BE 2231 1AD3 131E 5EDA 29A4 6109 2E85 B722 7189 +object 04b871796dc0420f8e7561a895b52484b701d51a +type commit +tag signedtag +tagger C O Mitter <committer@example.com> 1465981006 +0000 + +signed tag + +signed tag message body +---- |