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francescmm / GitQlient

GitQlient: Multi-platform Git client written with Qt.
https://www.francescmm.com
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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Git GPG signing on request #280

Closed sapphirepro closed 7 months ago

sapphirepro commented 1 year ago

It must ask what GPG key to use to sign repository, otherwise in many cases it's simply useless Improvement request template.

Describe the solution you'd like Request GPG key list and offer signing options, if nothing configured

Describe alternatives you've considered Request GPG key list and offer signing options, if nothing configured, like does GitKraken or CLion and other JEtBrains software

francescmm commented 1 year ago

Hi @sapphirepro,

Unfortunately this is not technically possible. Both GitKraken and CLion uses libgit2 to handle both the connectivity and the command execution. This has some benefits (i. e. it's easier to customize the experience), but also some drawbacks (complex change for GitQlient to implement, manually building and linking OpenSSH and OpenSSL).

Right now I won't implement this because despite GitQlient architecture is planned to allow such use of libgit2, it would require a deep change in the building and linking process.