bug#63261: closed (Recent changes to git config cause errors for non-committers)

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> Recent changes to git config cause errors for non-committers
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> Thu, 04 May 2023 06:47:32 -0400
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> mu4e 1.10.2; emacs 28.2
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> I've run into two issues with the recent changes to git config 
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> 1) All commits must now be signed, even if you're not a 
> committer. This breaks just tons of things, including 
> rebasing. I'm not sure how to fix this without just disabling that 
> configuration line altogether.
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> 2) Some ‘make’ rules now require git to be installed so that ‘git 
> config’ can add ‘etc/git/gitconfig’ to the local 
> configuration. So, for instance, ‘guix shell --pure -D guix -- 
> make’ will now fail. Calls to git should be prefixed with a test 
> to see if there is a git executable in the path.
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> -bjc
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> Re: bug#63261: Recent changes to git config cause errors for non-committers
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> Sat, 06 May 2023 23:34:42 -0400
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> Hi,
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> Brian Cully via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> writes:
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> > I've run into two issues with the recent changes to git config
> > integration:
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> > 1) All commits must now be signed, even if you're not a
> > committer. This breaks just tons of things, including rebasing. I'm
> > not sure how to fix this without just disabling that configuration
> > line altogether.
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> > 2) Some ‘make’ rules now require git to be installed so that ‘git
> > config’ can add ‘etc/git/gitconfig’ to the local configuration. So,
> > for instance, ‘guix shell --pure -D guix -- make’ will now fail. Calls
> > to git should be prefixed with a test to see if there is a git
> > executable in the path.
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> 2. has been fixed (also by Ludovic, ah!).  I'm not sure a good solution
> can be found for 1. but it seems reasonable to me that contributors
> working on Guix learn to sign their commits with GnuPG; that way they
> are on the right path to become a Guix committer, already getting up to
> speed with the required practices.
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> Closing, but we can continue discussing it.
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> Thanks,
> Maxim
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