Automatic Git commit signing with GPG on OSX

gpg-agent.conf

# Connects gpg-agent to the OSX keychain via the brew-installed
# pinentry program from GPGtools. This is the OSX 'magic sauce',
# allowing the gpg key's passphrase to be stored in the login
# keychain, enabling automatic key signing.
pinentry-program /usr/local/bin/pinentry-mac

gpg.conf

# Uncomment within config (or add this line)
use-agent

# This silences the "you need a passphrase" message once the passphrase handling is all set.
# Use at your own discretion - may prevent the successful interactive use of some operations.
# It is working fine for my use cases though.
batch

setup-gpg

# A quick outline of what must be done to get everything working.

# 1) Install the dependencies.
brew install gnupg pinentry-mac

# 2) Configure git to automatically gpgsign commits. This consists of
#    pointing git to your signing key ID, and then enabling commit
#    automatic signing.
# if more than one key then 
# git config --global user.signingkey <YOUR-SIGNING-KEY-PUB-ID>
git config --global commit.gpgsign true

# 3) Configure the GPG components (see above for relevant examples):
# location here
~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

# restart the service once the configurations are updated
killall gpg-agent
gpg-agent --deamon


# Don't forget to upload your public key to Github!
# https://github.com/blog/2144-gpg-signature-verification
# Note: There needs to be a three-way match on your email for Github to show
# the commit as 'verified': The commit email, github email, & the email associated with the public key