From 05a5869a01779e6fb55535aff9b01716aac42dcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keller Fuchs Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 09:51:01 +0000 Subject: Documentation: clarify signature verification Clarify that "merge --verify-signatures" checks the signature on the tip commit of the history being merged. Uniformise the vocabulary used wrt. key/signature validity with OpenPGP: - a signature is valid if made by a key with a valid uid; - in the default trust-model, a uid is valid if signed by a trusted key; - a key is trusted if the (local) user set a trust level for it. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Keller Fuchs Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/merge-options.txt | 7 +++++-- Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index f08e9b80c5..30808a01e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ option can be used to override --squash. --verify-signatures:: --no-verify-signatures:: - Verify that the commits being merged have good and trusted GPG signatures - and abort the merge in case they do not. + Verify that the tip commit of the side branch being merged is + signed with a valid key, i.e. a key that has a valid uid: in the + default trust model, this means the signing key has been signed by + a trusted key. If the tip commit of the side branch is not signed + with a valid key, the merge is aborted. --summary:: --no-summary:: diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 671cebd95c..29b19b992f 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ ifndef::git-rev-list[] - '%N': commit notes endif::git-rev-list[] - '%GG': raw verification message from GPG for a signed commit -- '%G?': show "G" for a Good signature, "B" for a Bad signature, "U" for a good, - untrusted signature and "N" for no signature +- '%G?': show "G" for a good (valid) signature, "B" for a bad signature, + "U" for a good signature with unknown validity and "N" for no signature - '%GS': show the name of the signer for a signed commit - '%GK': show the key used to sign a signed commit - '%gD': reflog selector, e.g., `refs/stash@{1}` -- cgit v1.2.3