Re: Rebasing or merging? [was: Re: 01/03: gnu: wxwidgets: Add libxtst to inputs.]

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Felix,

Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> writes:

> Hi Maxim,
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 2:26 PM Maxim Cournoyer
> <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> rebasing causes the PGP-signed commits to be resigned with the key of
>> the people of does the rebase, which obfuscates the origin seal
>> somewhat.
>>
>> I think we should continue to prefer merging
>
> Let's take your argument all the way for a moment, please. What if the
> signed merge commits were to serve as the mutual approvals Ludo' has
> been asking for?

I'm not sure how that'd work, since Git only allows a single PGP
signature per commit, as far as I can tell.  When you rewrite the
history (by using rebase, say), the existing signatures of the rewritten
(rebased) commits are replaced with new ones generated from your key.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim