From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89783202D7 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:52:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755295AbdCGKwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2017 05:52:54 -0500 Received: from zm23-mta-out-2.grenet.fr ([130.190.191.53]:50224 "EHLO zm23-mta-out-2.grenet.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754861AbdCGKwk (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2017 05:52:40 -0500 Received: from zm23-mta-out.grenet.fr (zm23-mta-out.grenet.fr [130.190.191.35]) by zm23-mta-out-2.grenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5CEC547; Tue, 7 Mar 2017 08:16:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtps.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr (mailhost.u-ga.fr [152.77.1.30]) by zm23-mta-out.grenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1757C1003FF; Tue, 7 Mar 2017 08:16:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from anie (anie.imag.fr [129.88.42.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: moym@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) by smtps.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED5D4125EAE; Tue, 7 Mar 2017 08:16:10 +0100 (CET) From: Matthieu Moy To: Stefan Beller Cc: tom@oxix.org, "git\@vger.kernel.org" , Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [Request for Documentation] Differentiate signed (commits/tags/pushes) References: Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:16:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Beller's message of "Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:59:24 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Greylist: Whitelist-UJF SMTP Authentifie (moym@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr) via submission-587 ACL (112) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Stefan Beller writes: > What is the difference between signed commits and tags? > (Not from a technical perspective, but for the end user) In addition to what the others already said: If you use GitHub, then in the web interface you get a "Verified" stamp for each signed commits: https://help.github.com/articles/signing-commits-using-gpg/ It's not a Git feature but a GitHub one, but given the popularity of GitHub, this probably led some users to believe that signed commits are more convenient than signed tags. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/