Blog post S/MIME signing of Git commits

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Authors

@frust45

Reviewers

@erxleb87 @hueser93

Topic and Content

Both GitHub and Gitlab now support S/Mime signing of Git commits and display a proper Verified button along with the commit information. On GitLab, MR!207612 needs to be merged in order to fix some bugs. This blog post describes on how to setup and use signing of Git commits on Windows, Mac and Linux machines.

Examples:

• Github: https://github.com/tobiashuste/test-x509/commits/master
• GitLab@HZDR: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/frust45/test-x509
• GitLab: https://gitlab.com/tobiashuste/test-x509/-/commits/master (not working yet)

Target Audience

Helmholtz scientists who have access to X509 certificates and want to use them for their Git commits as well.

Publishing Date

2020-03-06

Contribution

Scientists will be encouraged to sign their Git commits to prove that this work has really been done by this person.