Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-commits=<mode>'

From: Justin Tobler <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:55:10 -0500

The '--signed-commits=<mode>' option for git-fast-import(1) configures
how signed commits are handled when encountered. In cases where an
invalid commit signature is encountered, a user may wish to abort the
operation entirely. Introduce an 'abort-if-invalid' mode to do so.

Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc |  2 ++
 builtin/fast-export.c              |  6 ++++++
 builtin/fast-import.c              | 10 +++++++++-
 gpg-interface.c                    |  2 ++
 gpg-interface.h                    |  1 +
 t/t9305-fast-import-signatures.sh  | 10 +++++++++-
 6 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
index b3f42d4637..288f2b2a7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ already trusted to run their own code.
   commit signatures and replaces invalid signatures with newly created ones.
   Valid signatures are left unchanged. If `<keyid>` is provided, that key is
   used for signing; otherwise the configured default signing key is used.
+* `abort-if-invalid` will make this program die when encountering a signed
+  commit that is unable to be verified.
 
 Options for Frontends
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 13621b0d6a..dcbc5bc82d 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ static void handle_commit(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *rev,
 			die(_("encountered signed commit %s; use "
 			      "--signed-commits=<mode> to handle it"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
+		case SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID:
+			die(_("'abort-if-invalid' is not a valid mode for "
+			      "git fast-export with --signed-commits=<mode>"));
 		case SIGN_STRIP_IF_INVALID:
 			die(_("'strip-if-invalid' is not a valid mode for "
 			      "git fast-export with --signed-commits=<mode>"));
@@ -970,6 +973,9 @@ static void handle_tag(const char *name, struct tag *tag)
 				die(_("encountered signed tag %s; use "
 				      "--signed-tags=<mode> to handle it"),
 				    oid_to_hex(&tag->object.oid));
+			case SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID:
+				die(_("'abort-if-invalid' is not a valid mode for "
+				      "git fast-export with --signed-tags=<mode>"));
 			case SIGN_STRIP_IF_INVALID:
 				die(_("'strip-if-invalid' is not a valid mode for "
 				      "git fast-export with --signed-tags=<mode>"));
diff --git a/builtin/fast-import.c b/builtin/fast-import.c
index 9fc6c35b74..08ea27242d 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-import.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-import.c
@@ -2892,6 +2892,9 @@ static void handle_signature_if_invalid(struct strbuf *new_data,
 	ret = verify_commit_buffer(tmp_buf.buf, tmp_buf.len, &signature_check);
 
 	if (ret) {
+		if (mode == SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID)
+			die(_("aborting due to invalid signature"));
+
 		warn_invalid_signature(&signature_check, msg->buf, mode);
 
 		if (mode == SIGN_SIGN_IF_INVALID) {
@@ -2983,6 +2986,7 @@ static void parse_new_commit(const char *arg)
 		case SIGN_VERBATIM:
 		case SIGN_STRIP_IF_INVALID:
 		case SIGN_SIGN_IF_INVALID:
+		case SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID:
 			import_one_signature(&sig_sha1, &sig_sha256, v);
 			break;
 
@@ -3068,7 +3072,8 @@ static void parse_new_commit(const char *arg)
 			encoding);
 
 	if ((signed_commit_mode == SIGN_STRIP_IF_INVALID ||
-	     signed_commit_mode == SIGN_SIGN_IF_INVALID) &&
+	     signed_commit_mode == SIGN_SIGN_IF_INVALID ||
+	     signed_commit_mode == SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID) &&
 	    (sig_sha1.hash_algo || sig_sha256.hash_algo))
 		handle_signature_if_invalid(&new_data, &sig_sha1, &sig_sha256,
 					    &msg, signed_commit_mode);
@@ -3115,6 +3120,9 @@ static void handle_tag_signature(struct strbuf *msg, const char *name)
 	case SIGN_ABORT:
 		die(_("encountered signed tag; use "
 		      "--signed-tags=<mode> to handle it"));
+	case SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID:
+		die(_("'abort-if-invalid' is not a valid mode for "
+		      "git fast-import with --signed-tags=<mode>"));
 	case SIGN_STRIP_IF_INVALID:
 		die(_("'strip-if-invalid' is not a valid mode for "
 		      "git fast-import with --signed-tags=<mode>"));
diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index d517425034..dafd5371fa 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -1164,6 +1164,8 @@ int parse_sign_mode(const char *arg, enum sign_mode *mode, const char **keyid)
 		*mode = SIGN_WARN_STRIP;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "strip")) {
 		*mode = SIGN_STRIP;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "abort-if-invalid")) {
+		*mode = SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "strip-if-invalid")) {
 		*mode = SIGN_STRIP_IF_INVALID;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "sign-if-invalid")) {
diff --git a/gpg-interface.h b/gpg-interface.h
index a365586ce1..3d95f5ec14 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.h
+++ b/gpg-interface.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void print_signature_buffer(const struct signature_check *sigc,
 /* Modes for --signed-tags=<mode> and --signed-commits=<mode> options. */
 enum sign_mode {
 	SIGN_ABORT,
+	SIGN_ABORT_IF_INVALID,
 	SIGN_WARN_VERBATIM,
 	SIGN_VERBATIM,
 	SIGN_WARN_STRIP,
diff --git a/t/t9305-fast-import-signatures.sh b/t/t9305-fast-import-signatures.sh
index 18707b3f6c..5667693afd 100755
--- a/t/t9305-fast-import-signatures.sh
+++ b/t/t9305-fast-import-signatures.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test_expect_success RUST,GPG 'strip both OpenPGP signatures with --signed-commit
 	test_line_count = 2 out
 '
 
-for mode in strip-if-invalid sign-if-invalid
+for mode in strip-if-invalid sign-if-invalid abort-if-invalid
 do
 	test_expect_success GPG "import commit with no signature with --signed-commits=$mode" '
 		git fast-export main >output &&
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ do
 		# corresponding `data <length>` command would have to be changed too.
 		sed "s/OpenPGP signed commit/OpenPGP forged commit/" output >modified &&
 
+		if test "$mode" = abort-if-invalid
+		then
+			test_must_fail git -C new fast-import --quiet \
+				--signed-commits=$mode <modified >log 2>&1 &&
+			test_grep "aborting due to invalid signature" log &&
+			return 0
+		fi &&
+
 		git -C new fast-import --quiet --signed-commits=$mode <modified >log 2>&1 &&
 
 		IMPORTED=$(git -C new rev-parse --verify refs/heads/openpgp-signing) &&
-- 
2.53.0.381.g628a66ccf6