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Can I use GPG key for SSH?
When you use SSH, a program called ssh-agent is used to manage the keys. To use a GPG key, you’ll use a similar program, gpg-agent, that manages GPG keys. To get gpg-agent to handle requests from SSH, you need to enable support by adding the line enable-ssh-support to the ~/. gnupg/gpg-agent.
Should I use GPG?
GPG is an excellent method to ensure secure communication between two parties. It allows sensitive information to be easily shared across an insecure network. Asynchronous key cryptography uses public and private keys to encrypt/decrypt messages. This is called asymmetric encryption.
Why you should sign your commits?
Making a habit of signing your Git commits, instead, gives you the ability to prove that you were the author of a specific code change. It also gives you the ability to ensure that no one can modify your commit (or its metadata, such as the time you claimed that was made at) in the future.
Can a GPG be used to sign a git commit?
It uses the author’s GPG key to leave a signature in the commit that can be checked later. If you’re a Keybase user, it’s pretty easy to use your Keybase GPG key for signing your Git commits.
Why does Git sign with GPG keys rather than using SSH keys?
But you can use an ssh key-pair be used with PGP/GPG. So, “Why does git sign with GPG keys rather than using SSH keys?”: it is what GPG is meant to do, as opposed to SSH, which cannot do with openssh alone (it needs openssl). As commented by torek, using SSH would be theoretically possible, it’s just not convenient.
What can I use to encrypt Git commits?
GPG is a free encryption software which can be used to encrypt and decrypt files. We will use it to sign our Git commits and tags. On a UNIX-like operating systems like Ubuntu and MacOS, gpg usually comes pre-installed. For windows, you have to download and install GPG yourself.
Where can I Find my Git signing key?
Use the git config user.signingkey option to specify the Key ID for git to use. You can get this from the GitHub GPG keys page if you’re unsure what it is. For example, mine is C1C4BEBF0442284B. You can also require Git to sign all commits with the commit.gpgsign option.