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Workaround when git commit -S fails / gpg / yubikey
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git commit with -S option fails:

When getting the following error:

shaji:netatmo-to-json/ (master✗) $ git commit -S -m "systemd support and refactoring"
error: gpg failed to sign the data
fatal: failed to write commit object

echo "test" | gpg --clearsign

gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
gpg: [stdin]: clear-sign failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

If the above command fails:

export GPG_TTY=$(tty)

Try again and the first command below should ask for pinentry. If it does you should be able to commit:

echo "test" | gpg --clearsign
git config -l | grep gpg
gpg.program=gpg commit.gpgsign=true
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