To set your GPG signing key in Git, run the command below, substituting in the GPG key ID you’d like to use. If you have forgotten your key ID, you can always retrieve it by running gpg2 -list-secret-keys command.
In the “Key” textarea, paste the GPG key you copied earlier and save. In the top right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings. gpg2 -armor -export 89456D5E759E1A6AEEAF590AEDC2699358643879Ĭopy your GPG key, beginning with -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- and ending with -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK. Run the command below to output your GPG key, substituting in your GPG key ID. You should now see your GPG info displayed as follows: pub rsa2048 The passphrase will come in handy when signing your commits. You will be asking for a passphrase to continue. To save your entry, type letter “O” and hit enter/return. Ensure the email address matches your GitHub email address if you want Github to show your commits as verified otherwise ignore this advice. You will be asked to enter your name, email address. Run this command to generate a GPG key pair. You can test by running gpg2 command in terminal. Ready? Let’s Goįirstly, download and install GPG2 command line tools if you don’t have one installed already in your machine. No? let me know in comments and I will see what I can do to help. I am quite sure the guide below is pretty much the same for OSX 10.10 and greater.įor windows users, you should be able to follow this guide too. In this tutorial, i will be showing us how to sign Git commits and tag with GPG2.įWIW, my Mac was running OSX Yosemite 10.10.3 at the time of writing. The web has a number of tutorials that shows how to sign git commits with GnuPG (GPG) but none with GPG version 2.
Setting up my new MacBook proves to be the perfect time and finally, i did it. One of the things i have been meaning to do was to GPG sign my git commits. So i got myself a MacBook PRO and finally made the switch to Mac world after a long time being a Windows user.
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