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guix git authenticate is indiscriminant in which branches it applies to
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So, when I update my local keyring branch with new merges, guix git
authenticate issues a non-fatal error:
$ git checkout keyring
Switched to branch 'keyring'
$ git reset --hard 21173006e4165d8990b75ca46c78d83448d2e45a
HEAD is now at 21173006e4 Add key for Greg Hogan.
$ git merge --ff-only origin/keyring
Updating 21173006e4..0869e2220d
Fast-forward
futurile-89CA9B07.key | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 futurile-89CA9B07.key
Authenticating commits 5010a51 to 0869e22 (31 new commits)...
guix git: error: commit 0869e2220d611d7202de64dba4fa81207522a4f9 is not a descendant of introductory commit 5010a51f91aeac5a3b87a3eea04f18f3fe8a3a3
Which is a bit alarming!
.git/config contains:
[guix "authentication"]
introduction-commit = 5010a51fc91aeac5a3b87a3eea04f18f3fe8a3a3
introduction-signer = 1A858392E331EAFDB8C27FFBF3C1A0D9C1D65273
keyring = keyring
Looks like something also created .git/hooks/post-merge:
#!/bin/sh
# Authenticate the repo upon 'git pull' and similar.
exec guix git authenticate
On the one hand, I get why it magically appeared probably when I
initially ran "guix git authenticate", but on the other, it is
surprising behavior as I do not recall asking for it. :)
live well,
vagrant
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Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
> Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org> writes:
>
>> So, when I update my local keyring branch with new merges, guix git
>> authenticate issues a non-fatal error:
>>
>> $ git checkout keyring
>> Switched to branch 'keyring'
>> $ git reset --hard 21173006e4165d8990b75ca46c78d83448d2e45a
>> HEAD is now at 21173006e4 Add key for Greg Hogan.
>> $ git merge --ff-only origin/keyring
>> Updating 21173006e4..0869e2220d
>> Fast-forward
>> futurile-89CA9B07.key | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 futurile-89CA9B07.key
>> Authenticating commits 5010a51 to 0869e22 (31 new commits)...
>> guix git: error: commit 0869e2220d611d7202de64dba4fa81207522a4f9 is not a descendant of introductory commit 5010a51f91aeac5a3b87a3eea04f18f3fe8a3a3
>
> Proposed fix: <https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/pulls/482>.
Pushed:
99f85246e19 * git authenticate: Do nothing when invoked from the keyring branch.
0ec5cab1325 * git authenticate: Gracefully handle passing an annotated tag to ‘--end’.
56eb949f3b4 * git authenticate: Upgrade pre-push hook with a fixed version.
55b38ddefca * git authenticate: Remove support for Guile-Git < 0.7.0.
Ludo’.
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