Max Gautier <max.gautier@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > $ git rev-list @{u}..HEAD --format='%G? %H' > commit 9497d347b048dbea7f527624f815f7926594c4bc > error: gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile needs to be configured and exist for ssh signature verification "git rev-list" as a plumbing does not want to read in or be affected by unnecessary configuration variables, so it uses git_default_config() to read the barebones, unlike "git log" that uses git_log_config() that calls, among other things, git_gpg_config(). Untill "git rev-list" learns to inspect the --format string and checks necessary configuration on-demand (e.g. presence of "%G" signals the need to call git_gpg_config()), this is sort of expected, unfortunately.