git-verify-commit(1)

git-verify-commit1

Check the gpg signature of commits

Usage

git verify-commit [{-v | --verbose}] [--raw] <commit> ...

Overview

Validates the GPG signature created by git commit -S on the commit objects given on the command line.

Options

--raw

Print the raw gpg status output to standard error instead of the normal human-readable output.

-v, --verbose

Print the contents of the commit object before validating it.

Git

Part of the git(1) suite

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

--raw since Debian 9 (Stretch).

From git 2.56.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.