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doc: git-integration.md - fix what the signature actually signs #142

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Expand Up @@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ A signed Git commit adds a ASCII-armored PGP signature:
What the signature actually signs is simply the commit minus the signature
itself; in the above example the exact data the signature signs is:

$ git cat-file -p a9d1ffc2e10dafcf17d31593a362b15c0a636bfc
tree 548b1c88f537cd9939edeea094bfaff094f20874
parent 53c68bc976c581636b84c82fe814fab178adf8a6
author Peter Todd <[email protected]> 1432826886 -0400
committer Peter Todd <[email protected]> 1432827857 -0400

Add working ots command line utility
```
tree 548b1c88f537cd9939edeea094bfaff094f20874
parent 53c68bc976c581636b84c82fe814fab178adf8a6
author Peter Todd <[email protected]> 1432826886 -0400
committer Peter Todd <[email protected]> 1432827857 -0400

Add working ots command line utility

```

You can verify this yourself manually with a bit of cut-and-pasting.
Interestingly, if you ask GnuPG to verify a ASCII-armored signature with
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