node-gradle / node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin

Sign plugin releases with PGP

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Description

Currently, the plugin is not signed, so dependency verification has to use checksums.

See:


Note: if you release with GitHub Actions workflow, then you can generate PGP key and keep it in GitHub secrets.
See: https://github.com/vlsi/provision-release-pgp-key

The idea is that you add a workflow to trigger key provisioning like in https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/blob/ee09a2f3bf2cb9031e2e325503281f2c1b2d4761/.github/workflows/pgp-key-maintenance.yaml
Then you manually trigger it and it generates and stores the key to GitHub variables. The same workflow can extends the key lifetime.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the GitHub Actions release process and the Gradle dependency verification documentation linked in the issue. Review the example .github/workflows/pgp-key-maintenance.yaml and the provision-release-pgp-key project to understand key provisioning and lifetime extension. Done means plugin releases are PGP-signed and the signing key is managed through GitHub secrets or variables.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, groovy
Domain
cryptography, release, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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