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On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 09:35:59AM +0200, Andy Wingo wrote:
> Yeah.  I guess I don't see see "author misattribution on unsigned
> commits" as part of the threat model.
> 
> My mental model is that if you have a signed commit A with unsigned
> parents B, C, ..., that it's the person who signed commit A who signs
> off on commits B, C, and so on.  That person attests to the integrity of
> that range of commits, *including* the author field(s).

But, how does anyone know that the person who signed A attests to B and
C? I don't think Git has a feature that conveys that intention.