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Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with

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Hello,

On Tue 24 Jun 2025 at 05:28pm +01, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key
> to sign with"):
>> This is a something of a minefield because there are also DEBFULLNAME
>> and DEBEMAIL.
>
> Arguably we should use those for the tagger line in the tag?

I think we should leave it the same as the commit identity.

>> In my ~/.devscripts I have both DEB_SIGN_KEYID and DEBSIGN_KEYID; I have
>> no idea why.  Do you have references for these two variables?
>
> Sean, you'll want to read RTFM debsign(1).  It actually explains the
> behaviour (!)  See in particular its CONFIGURATION VARIABLES section,
> and the description of `-mmaintainer`.

Thanks.

>> It would be better to rely on existing env vars / config rather than
>> adding new git config options.
>
> I agree with this.
>
> Open questions (which may overlap):
>
> Q1. How mkuch do we want to mimic the behaviour of debsign (which in
>    turn is trying to mirror the behaviour of dpkg-source but AFAICT
>    with extra env vars) ?

If people don't have to reconfigure anything and git-debpush just works,
and we don't make things completely incomprehensible to someone new who
hasn't (and may never) use debsign), that's a win.

> Q3. What is the flow of information/defaults:
>   (a) Calculate the tagger line (name and email address) order.
>       Then use that as the default for the key username.
>   (b) Do the tagger name and email address separately from
>       the key username / keyid (so name/email address env vars and
>       command line options don't influence key selecction) ?
>   (c) Always just use the name/email from git for the tagger line,
>       and only allow overriding of the -u option to git-tag.

(d) Always just use the name/email from git for the tagger line *but*
    select a keyid intelligently based on DEBFULLNAME/DEBEMAIL ?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Andrej Shadura <andrewsh@debian.org> - 2025-06-24 15:10 +0200
  Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-06-24 18:00 +0200
    Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with "Andrej Shadura" <andrewsh@debian.org> - 2025-06-24 18:40 +0200
      Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-06-24 18:40 +0200
  Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-06-24 18:40 +0200
    Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-06-25 11:50 +0200
      Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with "Andrej Shadura" <andrewsh@debian.org> - 2025-06-25 11:50 +0200
        Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-07-17 13:50 +0200
          Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-07-17 13:50 +0200
          Bug#1108267: git-debpush should allow selecting the key to sign with Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-18 11:10 +0200
  Bug#1108267: Newcomer bugs Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-08-06 17:00 +0200

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