Re: Lack of detached signatures

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On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 00:03, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Joseph Parmelee <jparmele@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Under the present circumstances, and particularly considering the
>> sensitivity of the git code itself, I would suggest that you implement
>> signed detached digital signatures on all release tarballs.
>
> Well, signed tags are essentially detached signatures. People can verify
> tarballs against them if they wanted to, although it is a bit cumbersome.

Aren't tarballs used to get git on machines that don't yet have git?
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