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Git still asking for secret key after deletion?

I previously had created a GPG key for signing my Git commits to Github. I wanted to remove it, however after deleting it from Github and my local machine Git still gives me the error: gpg failed to sign the data when committing.

I have checked that the key is deleted from my machine since both

gpg --list-keys
gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG

return empty in my terminal.

I have removed the key from Git on my machine by using

git config --global --unset user.signingkey

but alas Git still gives me the error.

I'm using a Windows 10 machine for this, any clue as to what I can do?

Solution

  • To turn off signing by default you'll also need to clear the commit.gpgsign config setting:

    git config --global --unset commit.gpgsign