Why does Linux Torvalds not sign his Git commits?

Asked Jan 29 '17 at 22:57

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Pretty scary. How can I be sure that he really does the commits? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10005577

edited Jan 31 '17 at 09:43

Anders

asked Jan 29 '17 at 22:57

Florian Schneider

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how is it scary if someone else came up with "Fearless Coyote" instead of him? – dandavis Jan 29 '17 at 23:01
Because it could be backdoored? – multithr3at3d Jan 29 '17 at 23:54
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We can only speculate as to why someone else does something. – schroeder Jan 30 '17 at 08:12
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Torvalds wrote git and has expressed his opinions in detail in this and other forums: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/GPG-signing-for-git-commit-td2582986.html – mgjk Jan 30 '17 at 11:34

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