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How to set up git to use the GPG Suite
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GPG and git on macOS

Setup

brew cask install gpg-suite "/usr/local/Caskroom/gpg-suite/{{version}}/Install.pkg"

  1. Run gpg --list-secret-keys and look for sec, use the key ID for the next step
  2. Configure git to use GPG -- replace the key with the one from gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
git config --global gpg.program /usr/local/MacGPG2/bin/gpg2
git config --global user.signingkey {{sec value}} 
git config --global commit.gpgsign true
  1. Optionally configure annotated tags to be GPG signed
git config --global tag.forceSignAnnotated true
  1. Add this line to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
no-tty

Add public GPG key to GitHub

open https://github.com/settings/keys
open /Applications/GPG\ Keychain.app
# Copy your public GPG key

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