diff --git a/hgeditor b/hgeditor
index 104d2aee3b442f2ee4b2e9d059bc1d8981526e81_aGdlZGl0b3I=..4ccf3de52989b14c3d84e1097f59e39a992e00bd_aGdlZGl0b3I= 100755
--- a/hgeditor
+++ b/hgeditor
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # This is an example of using HGEDITOR to automate the signing of
 # commits and so on.
 
+# change this to one to turn on GPG support
+SIGN=0
+
 T1=""; T2=""
 cleanup_exit() {
     rm -f "$T1" "$T2"
@@ -40,12 +43,17 @@
 
     CHECKSUM=`md5sum "$T1"`
     $EDITOR "$T1" "$T2" || cleanup_exit $?
-    echo "$CHECKSUM" | md5sum -c 2>/dev/null && cleanup_exit 13
-    {
-        head -n 1 "$T1"
-        echo
-        grep -v "^HG:" "$T1" | gpg -t -a -u "${HGUSER}" --clearsign
-    } > "$T2" && mv "$T2" "$1"
+
+    if [ "$SIGN" == "1" ] ; then
+	echo "$CHECKSUM" | md5sum -c 2>/dev/null && cleanup_exit 13
+	{
+	    head -n 1 "$T1"
+	    echo
+	    grep -v "^HG:" "$T1" | gpg -t -a -u "${HGUSER}" --clearsign
+	} > "$T2" && mv "$T2" "$1"
+    else
+	mv "$T1" "$1"
+    fi
     cleanup_exit $?
 fi