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Setup GIT for signed commits without requesting passphrase on each commit

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The following should allow you to perform signed git actions without having to input your passphrase everytime (These steps are for OSX)

Install GPG tools
Follow Github guide to creating a key
Uncomment line 199 in ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf that reads use-agent
Add the following to your bash profile

[ -f ~/.gpg-agent-info ] && source ~/.gpg-agent-info
if [ -S "${GPG_AGENT_INFO%%:*}" ]; then
  export GPG_AGENT_INFO
else
  eval $( gpg-agent --daemon --write-env-file ~/.gpg-agent-info )
fi
export GPG_TTY=`tty`

Do a signed git commit and enter your GPG passphrase when prompted git commit --gpg-sign -m "q"
Do a git stash, if requested enter your GPG passphrase
Optional: set global signing key git config --global user.signingkey <Your key ID>

TomK commented Apr 6, 2016

to default signing all commits across all projects: git config --global commit.gpgsign true

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