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Setup GPG key mac
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gpg_setup.md

See: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Commit-Signing

brew install gpg2 gnupg pinentry-mac

mkdir -p ~/.gnupg

echo "pinentry-program $(brew --prefix)/bin/pinentry-mac"
echo "pinentry-program $(brew --prefix)/bin/pinentry-mac" >> ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
echo "use-agent" >> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
echo 'export GPG_TTY=$(tty)' >> ~/.zprofile

gpg --full-generate-key

(1) RSA and RSA
What keysize do you want? (3072) 4096
Key is valid for? (0)
Is this correct? (y/N) y

Real name: 
Email address:
Comment:

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gpg --armor --export <id>

git config --global user.signingkey <id>
git config --global commit.gpgsign true
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