Here are the errors I got: git tag -s my-second-tag gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information gpg: skipped `Gary Yang <garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx>': secret key not available gpg: signing failed: secret key not available error: gpg failed to sign the tag fatal: unable to sign the tag Thanks, Gary --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang <garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". > To: "Jeff King" <peff@xxxxxxxx>, "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:22 PM > All, > > I really need to tag my source code. But, somehow I am not > able. Can someone help? > > Thanks in advance! > > > Gary > > > > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang <garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". > "unable to sign the tag". > > To: "Jeff King" <peff@xxxxxxxx>, > "Linus Torvalds" > <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:57 AM > > Hi Linus, > > > > I do not understand your email. I used the command, > git > > config --global user.email garyyang6@xxxxxxxxxx But, I > still > > got the same error. Do you have any idea? > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Linus Torvalds > > <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > From: Linus Torvalds > > <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Re: "secret key not > available". > > "unable to sign the tag". > > > To: "Jeff King" <peff@xxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: "Gary Yang" > <garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx>, > > git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:16 PM > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Jeff King wrote: > > > > > > > > You need to tell git who you are, since it > is > > unable > > > to deduce it from > > > > doing host lookups. Try: > > > > > > > > git config --global user.email > > garyyang6@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > or whatever email address you used when you > > created > > > the key, and then > > > > gpg should find it appropriately. > > > > > > Side note: sometimes you might want to use a > different > > key > > > than the one > > > you use for authorship. Then you can use > > > > > > [user] > > > SigningKey = key > > > > > > (or "git config user.signingkey xyz" if > you > > > don't want to edit the > > > config file manually). > > > > > > This can be especially useful if you use > different > > keys for > > > different > > > projects, even if you want to be known under the > same > > name > > > in both. Or > > > because you want to have the local hostname in > your > > commit > > > logs, but your > > > gpg key is using some externally visible > > > "official" email address. > > > > > > Linus > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
