Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag".

[Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>]

The gpg works. But, git tag dose not work. Any idea?


gpg --detach-sign foo.bar
gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Gary Yang (For git.) <garyyang6@yahoo.com>"
1024-bit DSA key, ID A3F6A45E, created 2008-11-14
Enter passphrase: 
[garyyang6@svdclc313 ~/git-repository]%


It successfully signed.


Gary


--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag".
> To: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>, "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:26 PM
> Here are the errors I got:
> 
> git tag -s my-second-tag
> 
> gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
> gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more
> information
> gpg: skipped `Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>':
> secret key not available
> gpg: signing failed: secret key not available
> error: gpg failed to sign the tag
> fatal: unable to sign the tag
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: "secret key not available".
> "unable to sign the tag".
> > To: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
> "Linus Torvalds"
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:22 PM
> > All,
> > 
> > I really need to tag my source code. But, somehow I am
> not
> > able. Can someone help?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang
> <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: Re: "secret key not
> available".
> > "unable to sign the tag".
> > > To: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
> > "Linus Torvalds"
> > <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> > > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> > > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:57 AM
> > > Hi Linus,
> > > 
> > > I do not understand your email. I used the
> command,
> > git
> > > config --global user.email garyyang6@yahoo.com.
> But, I
> > still
> > > got the same error. Do you have any idea?
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Gary
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Linus Torvalds
> > > <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Linus Torvalds
> > > <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: "secret key not
> > available".
> > > "unable to sign the tag".
> > > > To: "Jeff King"
> <peff@peff.net>
> > > > Cc: "Gary Yang"
> > <garyyang6@yahoo.com>,
> > > git@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:16 PM
> > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Jeff King wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > You need to tell git who you are, since
> it
> > is
> > > unable
> > > > to deduce it from
> > > > > doing host lookups. Try:
> > > > > 
> > > > >   git config --global user.email
> > > garyyang6@yahoo.com
> > > > > 
> > > > > or whatever email address you used when
> you
> > > created
> > > > the key, and then
> > > > > gpg should find it appropriately.
> > > > 
> > > > Side note: sometimes you might want to use a
> > different
> > > key
> > > > than the one 
> > > > you use for authorship. Then you can use
> > > > 
> > > > 	[user]
> > > > 		SigningKey = key
> > > > 
> > > > (or "git config user.signingkey
> xyz" if
> > you
> > > > don't want to edit the 
> > > > config file manually). 
> > > > 
> > > > This can be especially useful if you use
> > different
> > > keys for
> > > > different 
> > > > projects, even if you want to be known under
> the
> > same
> > > name
> > > > in both. Or 
> > > > because you want to have the local hostname
> in
> > your
> > > commit
> > > > logs, but your 
> > > > gpg key is using some externally visible
> > > > "official" email address.
> > > > 
> > > > 			Linus
> > 
> > 
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