diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/README.md b/contrib/verify-commits/README.md
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-Tooling for verification of PGP signed commits
-----------------------------------------------
-
-This is an incomplete work in progress, but currently includes a pre-push hook
-script (`pre-push-hook.sh`) for maintainers to ensure that their own commits
-are PGP signed (nearly always merge commits), as well as a script to verify
-commits against a trusted keys list.
-
-
-Using verify-commits.sh safely
-------------------------------
-
-Remember that you can't use an untrusted script to verify itself. This means
-that checking out code, then running `verify-commits.sh` against `HEAD` is
-_not_ safe, because the version of `verify-commits.sh` that you just ran could
-be backdoored. Instead, you need to use a trusted version of verify-commits
-prior to checkout to make sure you're checking out only code signed by trusted
-keys:
-
-    git fetch origin && \
-      ./contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh origin/master && \
-      git checkout origin/master
-
-Note that the above isn't a good UI/UX yet, and needs significant improvements
-to make it more convenient and reduce the chance of errors; pull-reqs
-improving this process would be much appreciated.
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/allow-revsig-commits b/contrib/verify-commits/allow-revsig-commits
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diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-INPUT=$(cat /dev/stdin)
-VALID=false
-REVSIG=false
-IFS='
-'
-for LINE in $(echo "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always "$@" 2>/dev/null); do
-	case "$LINE" in
-	"[GNUPG:] VALIDSIG "*)
-		while read KEY; do
-			[ "${LINE#?GNUPG:? VALIDSIG * * * * * * * * * }" = "$KEY" ] && VALID=true
-		done < ./contrib/verify-commits/trusted-keys
-		;;
-	"[GNUPG:] REVKEYSIG "*)
-		[ "$BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_REVSIG" != 1 ] && exit 1
-		REVSIG=true
-		GOODREVSIG="[GNUPG:] GOODSIG ${LINE#* * *}"
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-if ! $VALID; then
-	exit 1
-fi
-if $VALID && $REVSIG; then
-	echo "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always "$@" | grep "\[GNUPG:\] \(NEWSIG\|SIG_ID\|VALIDSIG\)" 2>/dev/null
-	echo "$GOODREVSIG"
-else
-	echo "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always "$@" 2>/dev/null
-fi
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/pre-push-hook.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/pre-push-hook.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-if ! [[ "$2" =~ ^(git@)?(www.)?github.com(:|/)bitcoin/bitcoin(.git)?$ ]]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-while read LINE; do
-    set -- A $LINE
-    if [ "$4" != "refs/heads/master" ]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    if ! ./contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh $3 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "ERROR: A commit is not signed, can't push"
-        ./contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done < /dev/stdin
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-git-root b/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-git-root
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diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-keys b/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-keys
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diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-# Not technically POSIX-compliant due to use of "local", but almost every
-# shell anyone uses today supports it, so its probably fine
-
-DIR=$(dirname "$0")
-[ "/${DIR#/}" != "$DIR" ] && DIR=$(dirname "$(pwd)/$0")
-
-VERIFIED_ROOT=$(cat "${DIR}/trusted-git-root")
-REVSIG_ALLOWED=$(cat "${DIR}/allow-revsig-commits")
-
-HAVE_FAILED=false
-IS_SIGNED () {
-	if [ $1 = $VERIFIED_ROOT ]; then
-		return 0;
-	fi
-	if [ "${REVSIG_ALLOWED#*$1}" != "$REVSIG_ALLOWED" ]; then
-		export BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_REVSIG=1
-	else
-		export BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_REVSIG=0
-	fi
-	if ! git -c "gpg.program=${DIR}/gpg.sh" verify-commit $1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-		return 1;
-	fi
-	local PARENTS
-	PARENTS=$(git show -s --format=format:%P $1)
-	for PARENT in $PARENTS; do
-		if IS_SIGNED $PARENT; then
-			return 0;
-		fi
-		break
-	done
-	if ! "$HAVE_FAILED"; then
-		echo "No parent of $1 was signed with a trusted key!" > /dev/stderr
-		echo "Parents are:" > /dev/stderr
-		for PARENT in $PARENTS; do
-			git show -s $PARENT > /dev/stderr
-		done
-		HAVE_FAILED=true
-	fi
-	return 1;
-}
-
-if [ x"$1" = "x" ]; then
-	TEST_COMMIT="HEAD"
-else
-	TEST_COMMIT="$1"
-fi
-
-IS_SIGNED "$TEST_COMMIT"
-RES=$?
-if [ "$RES" = 1 ]; then
-	if ! "$HAVE_FAILED"; then
-		echo "$TEST_COMMIT was not signed with a trusted key!"
-	fi
-else
-	echo "There is a valid path from $TEST_COMMIT to $VERIFIED_ROOT where all commits are signed!"
-fi
-
-exit $RES