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gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device gpg: [stdin]: clear-sign failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
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solve ioctl error in git.md

Error probably may look like this

root@clenon:~# echo "test" | gpg --clearsign
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512

test
gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
gpg: [stdin]: clear-sign failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

fix

export GPG_TTY=$(tty)

permanent fix

echo "export GPG_TTY=\$(tty)" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
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