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paolocarrasco / README.md
Last active January 14, 2026 15:36
How to understand the `gpg failed to sign the data` problem in git

Problem

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!)

@stephenhardy
stephenhardy / git-clearHistory
Created April 26, 2013 22:14
Steps to clear out the history of a git/github repository
-- Remove the history from
rm -rf .git
-- recreate the repos from the current content only
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
-- push to the github remote repos ensuring you overwrite history
git remote add origin git@github.com:<YOUR ACCOUNT>/<YOUR REPOS>.git