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[hkam7]

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I've been trying to solve this problem but it's not resolving.
I changed my repository from private to public and I tried pushing the project and committing but the gpg sign off container in my vs code editor is giving me error. I tried doing it with gemini's help but it didn't help. I created two different gpg keys on in git bash and the other in the vs code terminal.

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[meruw]

this isn’t related to the repo being public or private. The commit is failing locally before Git even reaches GitHub.

The main error is:

gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Basically, GPG is trying to ask for your key’s passphrase, but the VS Code container can’t open the prompt properly.

Also, creating multiple keys won’t really fix it, especially if the private key was created outside the container and isn’t available inside it.

If you don’t actually need signed commits, the easiest fix is:

git config --local commit.gpgsign false
git commit -m "deleted settings.json"
git push

If you do need commit signing, try this inside the VS Code terminal:

export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
echo 'export GPG_TTY=$(tty)' >> ~/.bashrc

Then check which secret keys are actually available inside the container

gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long

Use one of those keys:

git config --global user.signingkey YOUR_KEY_ID
git config --global gpg.program gpg

Restart the terminal and try committing again.

Also, the reason git push says Everything up-to-date is because the commit never got created. GPG failed first, so there was literally nothing new to push :p

[hkam7]

Thank you so much for your help!

I was able to figure out the problem through gemini before I read your answer and this is exactly what it said.

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