Re: Heads-up: git.sv.gnu.org now rejects unsigned commits

[Leo Famulari]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 12:02:11PM +0200, Cyril Roelandt wrote:
> On 07/25/2016 10:59 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > All the Guix repositories on Savannah now reject unsigned Git commits:
> > 
> >   http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22883#112
> > 
> 
> This could probably be useful:
> https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work
> 
> 
> What will we do about patches sent by casual contributors, that will
> probably be unsigned? Should the committer sign them?

Yes. Signing a patch that is emailed is a separate action from signing a
Git commit (`git commit --gpg-sign`). Submitters are invited to sign
their emails, but those signatures will not appear in the Git repo.