.. _configuregit: Configure Git ============= This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration. Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst ` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However, since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can set it once with :: git config user.signingkey "keyname" Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand: :: [user] name = Jane Developer email = jd@domain.org signingkey = jd@domain.org You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2`` :: [gpg] program = /path/to/gpg2 You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc file) :: export GPG_TTY=$(tty)