'"No secret key" error when signing git commit on Windows
I'm getting this error when trying to sign a commit:
git commit -S -m "test"
gpg: skipped "EF617ACA9EC3XXXX": No secret key
gpg: signing failed: No secret key
error: gpg failed to sign the data
fatal: failed to write commit object
This is the output of gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
The key is present there
sec rsa4096/EF617ACA9EC3XXXX 2020-05-17 [SC] [expires: 2022-05-17]
AD68154000A712DCD161D826EF617ACA9EC3XXXX
uid [ultimate] name <[email protected]>
And this is git config with the same key
user.signingkey=EF617ACA9EC3XXXX
[email protected]
Any idea what's wrong?
Solution 1:[1]
git config --global gpg.program "c:/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin/gpg.exe"
I installed with Kleopatra and generated my key within that. I was unable to create a commit until I ran the command above.
Solution 2:[2]
Was facing the same issue in windows 10 git bash. Doing this solved my problem. You could find this path by running where gpg
$ git config --global gpg.program "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\gpg.exe"
Solution 3:[3]
In case anyone is a dufus like me I was getting this error because I had the gitkey wrong while directly editing the file via: git config --global -e or code ~/.gitconfig or whatever flavor of editor you enjoy.
singingkey?? instead ofsigningkey????
Sources
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Eric Milliot-Martinez |
| Solution 2 | Naman Lakhwani |
| Solution 3 | CTS_AE |