Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 4 authors, 2022-06-13

Re: [PATCH] gpg docs: explain better use of ssh.defaultKeyCommand

From: Andy Lindeman <hidden>
Date: 2022-06-13 01:15:17

On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 11:24 AM Fabian Stelzer [off-list ref] wrote:
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Using `ssh-add -L` for gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand is not a good
recommendation. It might switch keys depending on the order of known
keys and it only supports ssh-* and no ecdsa or other keys.
Clarify that we expect a literal key prefixed by `key::`, give valid
example use cases and refer to `user.signingKey` as the preferred
option.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Stelzer <redacted>
---
 Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
index 86892ada77..86f6308c4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel::

 gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand::
        This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh
-       signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key is
-       expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first
-       available key from your ssh-agent set this to "ssh-add -L".
+       signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key
+       prefixed with `key::` is expected in the first line of its output.
+       This allows for a script doing a dynamic lookup of the correct public
+       key when it is impractical to statically configure `user.signingKey`.
+       For example when keys or SSH Certificates are rotated frequently or
+       selection of the right key depends on external factors unknown to git.

 gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile::
        A file containing ssh public keys which you are willing to trust.
--
2.35.3
Nice. This makes sense to me.
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