Cannot commit file change when git.enableCommitSigning=true "Git: fatal: cannot run gpg: No such file or directory"

[leizongmin]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.19.1 (0759f77, 2017-12-19T09:35:14.671Z)
• OS Version: Darwin x64 17.3.0
• Extensions:

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(3 theme extensions excluded)

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. change settings: "git.enableCommitSigning": true
2. open a git project, make some change
3. switch to Git on the activity bar
4. enter some commit message, click commit change

it shows the following error message: Git: fatal: cannot run gpg: No such file or directory

the output panel shows:

git commit --quiet --allow-empty-message --file - -S
fatal: cannot run gpg: No such file or directory
error: gpg failed to sign the data
fatal: failed to write commit object

I pretty sure gpg is already installed on my system, here is gpg --version command outputs:

gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.2.3
libgcrypt 1.8.1
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

and the which gpg outputs: /usr/local/bin/gpg

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

[joaomoreno]

If you open the Developer Tools, in the Console, what does process.env.PATH return?

[lbennett-stacki]

I'm also experiencing this.

which gpg returns /usr/local/bin

process.env.PATH returns a valid PATH string that contains /usr/local/bin.

[lbennett-stacki]

I found and followed the advice of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36941533/git-hub-desktop-on-mac-error-cannot-run-gpg-no-such-file-or-directory

Running git config --global gpg.program $(which gpg) seems to fix it for me.

[leizongmin]

@joaomoreno process.env.PATH is /Users/glen/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

[leizongmin]

@LukeeeeBennett as per your advice, it works well, thanks 👍