Re: [PATCH v2] Add the tag.gpgsign option to sign all created tags

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:43:45PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

If so, then the configuration is "when the user gives us a message
to create a tag without explicitly saying -a/-s, we create an
annotated tag by default, but create a signed tag instead in such a
case", I would think.  That is:

    $ git tag -m 'foo' $tagname

would create signed tag under such a configuration option, and I
think such an option may make sense.  And the way to override it
would be

    $ git tag -a -m 'foo' $tagname

So there is no need for --no-sign option.  When the user explicitly
asks to create an annotated tag with

    $ git tag -a -m 'foo' $tagname

it is unreasonable to override that explicit wish with a
configuration setting.

FWIW, of the schemes discussed in this thread, this one makes the most
sense to me (and is one I might actually use).

I think you could shoe-horn it into my "tag-type" config scheme as a new
mode ("sign-if-message" or something), but I think it is much clearer as
a standalone config variable.

Thanks for a dose of sanity.

-Peff