Oh, this was unexpected: apparently the "verified" badge on GitHub shows up for commits I modify too. Feel this might not be idealpic.twitter.com/f2VY90XSiL
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hah yeah probably just the gains of verification being mitigated unless someone clicks through to see _who_ signed the commit
but ya it's like not a big deal; just felt it was something unexpected 
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