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authorM M Arif <gitea@fake.local>2017-09-01 21:55:18 +0800
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-09-04 11:26:56 +0200
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+---
+title: Update gpg documentation with gpg2
+merge_request: 13851
+author: M M Arif
+type: other
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## Generating a GPG key
+>**Notes:**
+- If your Operating System has `gpg2` installed, replace `gpg` with `gpg2` in
+ the following commands.
+- If Git is using `gpg` and you get errors like `secret key not available` or
+ `gpg: signing failed: secret key not available`, run the following command to
+ change to `gpg2`:
+ ```
+ git config --global gpg.program gpg2
+ ```
+
If you don't already have a GPG key, the following steps will help you get
started: