"Mike.lifeguard" <mike.lifeguard@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > It seems that when the GPG key name and user.name in git's config are > different, git can't find the appropriate private key to sign the tag. > Git should attempt to use user.email to find the key. Setting > user.signingkey is of course a workaround. user.signingkey was devised for this exact case, and I don't think it is a work-around. I do not think "should attempt" is a correct attitude, even though I can 100% agree with "it would have been nicer if it attempted to do this from day one". You are unfortunately not interacting with git codebase in early 2005 anymore and there are thousands if not millions of existing users you should worry about. Using user.email changes the behaviour for people who do not want a key that has the same e-mail address, and because the choice of key is all about security, the logic to choose which one shouldn't be changed lightly. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html