On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 03:50:44PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Gerrit Pape <[email protected]> [2009-02-18 15:34:11 CET]: > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 11:26:34AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > Today I wanted to sign a tag with my key. Unfortunately git claimed it > > > wasn't able to find the secret key. I was able to track it down to that > > > gpg --list-secret-keys doesn't show the UID it wants to use. > > > > > > The workaround propably means to use the -u switch, but actually the > > > UID *is* on the key (in the public keyring) and the secret key for that > > > key *is* available locally, so git claims wrong with not finding the > > > secret key for that UID... > > > > Hi, 'git tag' simply calls 'gpg -bsau <signingkey>'. Is there any gpg > > option that should be added or changed to make it work? > > You thought in the wrong direction. :) To be able to gpg -bsau it > actually needs to knwo the signingkey already. The problem thus isn't in > the signing stuff but in the algorithm that figures out what to put > there for <signingkey>.
Hm, ok. But <signingkey> actually is just the commiter's ident information, for me 'git tag -s' calls 'gpg -bsau "Gerrit Pape <[email protected]>"'. Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
