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2021-11-19ssh signing: support non ssh-* keytypesLibravatar Fabian Stelzer1-7/+10
The user.signingKey config for ssh signing supports either a path to a file containing the key or for the sake of convenience a literal string with the ssh public key. To differentiate between those two cases we check if the first few characters contain "ssh-" which is unlikely to be the start of a path. ssh supports other key types which are not prefixed with "ssh-" and will currently be treated as a file path and therefore fail to load. To remedy this we move the prefix check into its own function and introduce the prefix `key::` for literal ssh keys. This way we don't need to add new key types when they become available. The existing `ssh-` prefix is retained for compatibility with current user configs but removed from the official documentation to discourage its use. Signed-off-by: Fabian Stelzer <fs@gigacodes.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-09-10ssh signing: retrieve a default key from ssh-agentLibravatar Fabian Stelzer1-1/+3
If user.signingkey is not set and a ssh signature is requested we call gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (typically "ssh-add -L") and use the first key we get Signed-off-by: Fabian Stelzer <fs@gigacodes.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-09-10ssh signing: add ssh key format and signing codeLibravatar Fabian Stelzer1-0/+5
Implements the actual sign_buffer_ssh operation and move some shared cleanup code into a strbuf function Set gpg.format = ssh and user.signingkey to either a ssh public key string (like from an authorized_keys file), or a ssh key file. If the key file or the config value itself contains only a public key then the private key needs to be available via ssh-agent. gpg.ssh.program can be set to an alternative location of ssh-keygen. A somewhat recent openssh version (8.2p1+) of ssh-keygen is needed for this feature. Since only ssh-keygen is needed it can this way be installed seperately without upgrading your system openssh packages. Signed-off-by: Fabian Stelzer <fs@gigacodes.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-01-22doc: provide guidance on user.name formatLibravatar brian m. carlson1-1/+6
It's a frequent misconception that the user.name variable controls authentication in some way, and as a result, beginning users frequently attempt to change it when they're having authentication troubles. Document that the convention is that this variable represents some form of a human's personal name, although that is not required. In addition, address concerns about whether Unicode is supported. Use the term "personal name" as this is likely to draw the intended contrast, be applicable across cultures which may have different naming conventions, and be easily understandable to people who do not speak English as their first language. Indicate that "some form" is conventionally used, as people may use a nickname or preferred name instead of a full legal name. Point users who may be confused about authentication to an appropriate configuration option instead. Provide a shortened form of this information in the configuration option description. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-01-22doc: move author and committer information to git-commit(1)Libravatar brian m. carlson1-1/+1
While at one time it made perfect sense to store information about configuring author and committer information in the documentation for git commit-tree, in modern Git that operation is seldom used. Most users will use git commit and expect to find comprehensive documentation about its use in the manual page for that command. Considering that there is significant confusion about how one is to use the user.name and user.email variables, let's put as much documentation as possible into an obvious place where users will be more likely to find it. In addition, expand the environment variables section to describe their use more fully. Even though we now describe all of the options there and in the configuration settings documentation, preserve the existing text in git-commit.txt so that people can easily reason about the ordering of the various options they can use. Explain the use of the author.* and committer.* options as well. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-02-04config: allow giving separate author and committer identsLibravatar William Hubbs1-8/+15
The author.email, author.name, committer.email and committer.name settings are analogous to the GIT_AUTHOR_* and GIT_COMMITTER_* environment variables, but for the git config system. This allows them to be set separately for each repository. Git supports setting different authorship and committer information with environment variables. However, environment variables are set in the shell, so if different authorship and committer information is needed for different repositories an external tool is required. This adds support to git config for author.email, author.name, committer.email and committer.name settings so this information can be set per repository. Also, it generalizes the fmt_ident function so it can handle author vs committer identification. Signed-off-by: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-29config.txt: move user.* to a separate fileLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+26
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>