Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262498AbVDYDMu (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:12:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262506AbVDYDLg (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:11:36 -0400 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:47503 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262498AbVDYDIy (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:08:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:08:39 +0100 (IST) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: "David A. Wheeler" cc: Linus Torvalds , Sean , Thomas Glanzmann , David Woodhouse , Jan Dittmer , Greg KH , Kernel Mailing List , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: Git-commits mailing list feed. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200504210422.j3L4Mo8L021495@hera.kernel.org> <42674724.90005@ppp0.net> <20050422002922.GB6829@kroah.com> <426A4669.7080500@ppp0.net> <1114266083.3419.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> <426A5BFC.1020507@ppp0.net> <1114266907.3419.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050423175422.GA7100@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <2911.10.10.10.24.1114279589.squirrel@linux1> <426C4168.6030008@dwheeler.com> <426C5266.6050200@dwheeler.com> Mail-Followup-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org X-NSA: arafat al aqsar jihad musharef jet-A1 avgas ammonium qran inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq saddam hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea vietnam revolt mustard gas british airways washington MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1386 Lines: 45 Ah, to add to below.. If one wished, one could optionally store the actual signature data as a seperate blob object and refer to it in the signing object. Not needed really for a GPG ASCII clear-signed detached signature (tiny and they're ASCII obviously :) ), but who knows. On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Paul Jakma wrote: > - add the 'signature object' to the respository after the signed > object > > So a 'signed commit' turns into the > > - tool preparing the commit object, > - get the user to sign it > - save the detached signature for later > - adding the commit object to the repository - adding the signature blob, if it is to stored as a blob > - prepare the signing object and add to repository > The repository head then refers then to signature object, which could > (handwaving) look something like: > > Object Signature > Signing