You can set up the --sign flag in your local gitconfig. git config --global user.signingkey $GPGKEY git config --global commit.gpgsign true In general

You can set up the --sign flag in your local gitconfig. git config --global user.signingkey $GPGKEY git config --global commit.gpgsign true In general, since you definitely do not want to upload your key material to GitHub, you won't be able to use the pull request merge button and the new squash button. This means, your pull requests need to be fast-forwardable, else you cannot merge (as this merge would be unsigned). Also, instead of using the squash button, you would need to squash the commits on your local machine and push the newly signed squashed commit again. It comes as a cost but it also leverages the decentralized nature of git: you can do everything locally and sign locally so you do not need to trust someone else.