gpg failed to sign the data fatal: failed to write commit object [Git 2.10.0]

Question

I followed few articles over the pretty attributes on Git 2.10 release note. Going through which upgraded the git to 2.10.0 and made changes to global .gitconfig

Answer 1

My two cents here:

When you create and add a key to gpg-agent you define something called passphrase. Now that passphrase at some point expires, and gpg needs you to enter it again to unlock your key so that you can start signing again.

When you use any other program that interfaces with gpg, gpg's prompt to you to enter your passphrase does not appear (basically gpg-agent when daemonized cannot possibly show you the input dialog in stdin).

One of the solutions is gpg --sign a_file.txt then enter the passphrase that you have entered when you created your key and then everything should be fine (gpg-agent should automatically sign)

See this answer on how to set longer timeouts for your passphrase so that you do not have to do this all the time.

Or you can completely remove the passphrase with ssh-keygen -p

Edit: Do a man gpg-agent to read some stuff on how to have the above happen automatically and add the lines:

GPG_TTY=$(tty)
export GPG_TTY

on your .bashrc if you are using bash(this is the correct answer but I am keeping my train of thought above as well)