The documentation talks about -u and how to configure the default key. It does not mention that once the default key is set one should use the -s flag. Which is likely what most people end up using. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst index ec0ddfb9cdd3..a054de0c50dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration. Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst <pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed -tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However, -since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can -set it once with +tags can be created by passing ``-u <key-id>`` to ``git tag``. However, +since you would *usually* use the same key for the project, you can +set it in the configuration and use the ``-s`` flag. To set the default +``key-id`` use :: git config user.signingkey "keyname" -- 2.41.0
