Signing git commits with GPG on IBM i

by kadler 3 years ago

OS400 ◆ xterm ◆ bash 547 views

Showing how to sign a git commit with the GPG, which is now available on IBM i.

More info on GPG signing with git: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work and https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/signing-commits

Be sure to read /QOpenSys/pkgs/share/doc/gnupg2-2.2.19/README.IBMi for more info on setting the correct GPG_TTY setting. Without this, pinentry won’t be able to accept your password correctly.

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You can download this recording in asciicast v2 format, as a .cast file.

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Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 341036.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/341036.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 100, rows: 25 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't offer GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed run the following command to create GIF file:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/341036 341036.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg 341036.cast 341036.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.