1.. _configuregit:
2
3Configure Git
4=============
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6This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration.
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8Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
9<pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed
10tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However,
11since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can
12set it once with
13::
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15	git config user.signingkey "keyname"
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17Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand:
18::
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20	[user]
21		name = Jane Developer
22		email = jd@domain.org
23		signingkey = jd@domain.org
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25You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2``
26::
27
28	[gpg]
29		program = /path/to/gpg2
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31You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc file)
32::
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34	export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
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