You have installed GPG, then tried to perform a git commit and suddenly you see this error message after it 😰
error: gpg failed to sign the data
fatal: failed to write commit object
Understand the error (important to solve it later!)
torvalds
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| I'm told that there are people claiming to "tokenize" my git repositories with my approval. | |
| I just want to clarify that that is not the case. I do not believe in monetizing my repositories. | |
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paolocarrasco
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December 2, 2025 17:12
How to understand the `gpg failed to sign the data` problem in git