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diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst index ec0ddfb9cdd3..0a36831814ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst @@ -1,35 +1,31 @@ -.. _configuregit: - -Configure Git -============= +Configuring Git +=============== This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration. -Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst -<pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed -tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However, -since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can -set it once with -:: +Tagged branches used in pull requests (see +Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst) should be signed with the +developers public GPG key. Signed tags can be created by passing +``-u <key-id>`` to ``git tag``. However, since you would *usually* use the same +key for the project, you can set it in the configuration and use the ``-s`` +flag. To set the default ``key-id`` use:: git config user.signingkey "keyname" -Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand: -:: +Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand:: [user] name = Jane Developer email = jd@domain.org signingkey = jd@domain.org -You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2`` -:: +You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2``:: [gpg] program = /path/to/gpg2 -You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc file) -:: +You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell +rc file):: export GPG_TTY=$(tty) @@ -37,20 +33,18 @@ You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc fil Creating commit links to lore.kernel.org ---------------------------------------- -The web site http://lore.kernel.org is meant as a grand archive of all mail +The web site https://lore.kernel.org is meant as a grand archive of all mail list traffic concerning or influencing the kernel development. Storing archives of patches here is a recommended practice, and when a maintainer applies a patch to a subsystem tree, it is a good idea to provide a Link: tag with a reference back to the lore archive so that people that browse the commit history can find related discussions and rationale behind a certain change. -The link tag will look like this: +The link tag will look like this:: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/<message-id> This can be configured to happen automatically any time you issue ``git am`` -by adding the following hook into your git: - -.. code-block:: none +by adding the following hook into your git:: $ git config am.messageid true $ cat >.git/hooks/applypatch-msg <<'EOF' |