# Newbie question: git tag failure 2 messages from 2006-03-02 to 2006-03-02. Participants: Aubrey, Jan-Benedict Glaw. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/3523 ## Aubrey, 2006-03-02 15:51 Subject: Newbie question: git tag failure Message-ID: <6d6a94c50603020751v4bb96b75q1686d36b32e2c40f@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/6d6a94c50603020751v4bb96b75q1686d36b32e2c40f%40mail.gmail.com ``` There are two commit. I want to tag one commit by commit id, but failed. Thanks for any hints. Regards, -Aubrey aubrey@linux:~/local/mygit> git log =============================================================== commit a8ac6540cf96f79225cc8457b02cb90d40ac7991 Author: Aubrey.Li Date: Thu Mar 2 23:34:18 2006 +0800 add commit log commit 43368b967bd838292b8cc6b576c5aa13850551cc Author: Aubrey.Li Date: Thu Mar 2 22:24:55 2006 +0800 Initial commit =============================================================== aubrey@linux:~/local/mygit>git tag -u 43368b967bd838292b8cc6b576c5aa13850551cc v2.5 gpg: directory `/home/aubrey/.gnupg' created gpg: new configuration file `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created gpg: WARNING: options in `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet active during this run gpg: keyring `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created gpg: skipped "43368b967bd838292b8cc6b576c5aa13850551cc": secret key not available gpg: signing failed: secret key not available failed to sign the tag with GPG. ``` ## Jan-Benedict Glaw, 2006-03-02 15:54 Subject: Re: Newbie question: git tag failure Message-ID: <20060302155418.GZ19232@lug-owl.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060302155418.GZ19232%40lug-owl.de In-Reply-To: <6d6a94c50603020751v4bb96b75q1686d36b32e2c40f@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Thu, 2006-03-02 23:51:04 +0800, Aubrey wrote: > aubrey@linux:~/local/mygit>git tag -u > 43368b967bd838292b8cc6b576c5aa13850551cc v2.5 > gpg: directory `/home/aubrey/.gnupg' created > gpg: new configuration file `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created > gpg: WARNING: options in `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet > active during this run > gpg: keyring `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created > gpg: keyring `/home/aubrey/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created > gpg: skipped "43368b967bd838292b8cc6b576c5aa13850551cc": secret key > not available > gpg: signing failed: secret key not available > failed to sign the tag with GPG. You seem to not have a working GnuPG installation, inclusing an (already present) private key. Please first get familiar with GnuPG, then try to use it :-) "gpg --gen-key" may help. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)); ```