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Johan Bové

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Using Keybase GPG to sign git commits and tags

With the Keybase application installed on the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" command line, export the pgp Keybase key and import it into the local gpg keychain:

$ gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
$ keybase pgp pull johanbove
$ git config --global user.signingkey B6A8D5E8
$ keybase pgp export -q 4AAE11D0B6A8D5E8 | gpg --import
$ keybase pgp export -q 4AAE11D0B6A8D5E8 --secret | gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import
$ echo "test" | gpg --clearsign

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I also had to add this code into the ~/.bashrc file to make the gpg passphrase prompt work in WSL:

# enable passphrase prompt for gpg
export GPG_TTY=$(tty)

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Setting the trust level of the imported key:

$ gpg --list-keys
$ gpg --edit-key E44E71105E920276ED1693294AAE11D0B6A8D5E8

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Following the instructions in gpg.

Signing a git tag:

$ git tag -s v1.0.0 -m "Release v1.0.0 signed"

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Verifying the git tag:

$ git tag -v v1.0.0
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