Signing commits with Breezy

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 09:31:02PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Jelmer Vernooij - 29.10.18, 18:52:
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 12:26:33PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > Anyway, on another user account, I did not have this plugin in
> > > configuration directory and it still worked. Upto recently.
> > > 
> > > Configuration is as follows:
> > > 
> > > % cat ~/config/breezy/breezy.conf
> > > [DEFAULT]
> > > email = somemail
> > > create_signatures = always
> > > gpg_signing_key = SOMEKEYID
> > 
> > Breezy supports commit signing out of the box - you shouldn't need a
> > plugin for it.
> Then why doesn't it ask me for entering the passphrase anymore and 
> commits unsigned? Does native support need different options? I searched 
> for a howto or documentation on how to configure signing commits but did 
> not find anything.
The configuration as you have it should be sufficient.

Do you have the 'gpg' python module installed for python3
('python3-gpg' on Debian/Ubuntu) ?.

> > I've never actually heard of a bzr plugin for signing either. What is
> > its origin?
> I have no idea anymore. I could dig it out from a backup in case it is 
> important for you to know.
Thanks, but it's not important. I was just curious.

Cheers,

Jelmer
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