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what exactly is git-tag looking for when you try to sign a tag?

From
Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
Date
Jan 15, 2006, 19:32 UTC
Message-ID
<200601151932.05342.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>

Since I reached my first release of my software this morning, I though I would try and get a bit more formal with things and attempted to sign the tag

Although I had tried gpg several years ago, I didn't seem to have any keys in my keyring, so I just generated a new one with 

gpg --gen-key
You can see a key listed with you check for secret keys
with gpg -K
but then I tried to generate a tag with 
git-tag -s v1.0
and it complained that I don't have any secret key available.
What exactly is the process of making one available?
-- 
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust.
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Message 1 of 2 in “what exactly is git-tag looking for when you try to sign a tag?”
  1. Alan ChandlerJan 15, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsJan 15, 2006

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