The gpg --verify usage example within the 'gpg.program' variable
reference provides an incorrect example of the gpg --verify command
arguments.
The command argument order, when providing both a detached signature
and data, should be signature first and data second:
https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Operational-GPG-Commands.html
Signed-off-by: Robert Morgan <robert.thomas.morgan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
- signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
+ signature, "`gpg --verify $signature - <$file`" is run, and the
program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be