Re: [gentoo-dev] git commit / push signing error

[Doug Goldstein]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 10 August 2015 at 13:40, Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> wrote:
>> $ git push --signed origin master
>>
>> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
>> user: "Doug Goldstein <cardoe@××××××.com>"
>> 4096-bit RSA key, ID 0xA2BC03DC87ED1BD4, created 2015-04-24
>>          (subkey on main key ID 0x6C4E620431C9980D)
>>
>> gpg: cancelled by user
>> gpg: skipped "0xA2BC03DC87ED1BD4": Operation cancelled
>> gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled
>> error: gpg failed to sign the data
>> fatal: failed to sign the push certificate
>> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>
>
> Your GPG is not working correctly.
>
> eg:  echo hello | gpg -a --sign     # also fails
>
> export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
>
> try again. ( The GPG-Agent associates with the tty it was spawned in
> by default, and that tty might have evaporated )
>
>
> --
> Kent
>
> KENTNL - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL
>

This was it. Thanks. I use keychain and ssh into the box so I would
expect keychain would handle things for me correctly.

-- 
Doug Goldstein