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The documentation talks about -u and how to configure the default
key. It does not mention that once the default key is set one
should use the -s flag. Which is likely what most people end up
using.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration.
Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
<pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed <pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed
tags can be created by passing the ``-u`` flag to ``git tag``. However, tags can be created by passing ``-u <key-id>`` to ``git tag``. However,
since you would *usually* use the same key for the same project, you can since you would *usually* use the same key for the project, you can
set it once with set it in the configuration and use the ``-s`` flag. To set the default
``key-id`` use
:: ::
git config user.signingkey "keyname" git config user.signingkey "keyname"