GIT-VERIFY-COMMIT(1)

hiii bestie!! welcome to git-verify-commit(1) in the Git Manual 🫶✨ this one is lowkey a signature-checking baddie, and it’s giving security main character energy fr fr.

🎀 NAME 🎀

git-verify-commit — check the GPG signature of commits 🔏💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this command validates the GPG signature that was created by git commit -S, and it does that on the commit objects you pass on the command line. no cap, it’s checking those commit signatures and being iconic about it ✨

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• --raw — print the raw gpg status output to standard error instead of the normal human-readable output. raw and unfiltered, bestie 😭
• -v, --verbose — print the contents of the commit object before validating it. show me the receipt first 👀

👑 GIT 👑

part of the git(1) suite — obvi 💅✨

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okay bye bestie!! this page is from Git 2.56.0, dated 2026-09-27 — slay and stay iconic 💖🦋