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diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm index 62ec68bab2..3279099ca2 100644 --- a/etc/news.scm +++ b/etc/news.scm @@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + (entry (commit "a98712785e0b042a290420fd74e5a4a5da4fc68f") + (title (en "New @command{guix git authenticate} command")) + (body + (en "The new @command{guix git authenticate} command authenticates a +Git repository by verifying commit signatures and ensuring they all come from +authorized parties, exactly like @command{guix pull} now does. + +This command is primarily useful to developers of channels. It allows them to +ensure, before pushing, that the channel only contains commits signed with +authorized keys. But this command is also useful anytime you use Git and want +to allow people to authenticate code fetched from your repository. + +Run @command{info \"(guix) Invoking guix git authenticate\"} for more info, +and see @uref{https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/securing-updates/} for details on +these mechanisms."))) + (entry (commit "43badf261f4688c8a7a7a9004a4bff8acb205835") (title (en "@command{guix pull} authenticates channels") (de "@command{guix pull} authentifiziert Kanäle") |