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Hello.

I want to configure my github account so sign my software commits
with my gpg key.
What I not understand is what this

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[ -f ~/.bashrc ] && echo -e '\nexport GPG_TTY=$(tty)' >> ~/.bashrc


does. And why I should use this.
This was explained here.
But not why I should do this.

As I understand this we tell the system that any command which want to talk to gpg on a terminal should use the
terminal found on

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$(tty)


I did something simillar on my .bash_profile file.
There I have the following

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GPG_TTY=$(tty)
export GPG_TTY
unset USERNAME


but when i call

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echo $GPG_TTY


I get

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Kein Terminal


Is this okay?

Btw. what does

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unset USERNAME


regards
Spinni