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submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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I'm curious to hear what the Lemmy programming community thinks of this!

  • The author argues against signing Git commits, stating that it adds unnecessary complexity to systems.
  • The author believes that signing commits perpetuates an engineering culture of blindly adopting complex tools.
  • The consequences of signing Git commits are likely to be subtle and not as dramatic as some may believe.

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

Nice.

That's enough to make me reconsider signing. Thanks!