From: Dave Borowitz <redacted>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:26:39 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Documentation/git-push.txt: document when --signed may fail
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Documentation/git-push.txt: document when --signed may fail

Like --atomic, --signed will fail if the server does not advertise the
necessary capability. In addition, it requires gpg on the client side.

Signed-off-by: Dave Borowitz <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 135d810b7a..da0a98d58c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ already exists on the remote side.
 	GPG-sign the push request to update refs on the receiving
 	side, to allow it to be checked by the hooks and/or be
 	logged.  See linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] for the details
-	on the receiving end.
+	on the receiving end.  If the attempt to sign with `gpg` fails,
+	or if the server does not support signed pushes, the push will
+	fail.
 
 --[no-]atomic::
 	Use an atomic transaction on the remote side if available.