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title: "Discussion on \"Fixing the Git GPG sign issue\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Fixing the Git GPG sign issue\". When submitting a commit command, I was facing:\nerror: gpg failed to sign the data\nfatal: failed to write commit object\nAfter some searching, I managed to enable Git's debugging log as:\nGIT_TRACE=1 git commit\n\nAnd the output changed to:\n08:55:55.0598..."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/fixing-the-git-gpg-sign-issue/63b7d92d3d19d2d19a56a6cb"
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Jan 6, 2023

# [Fixing the Git GPG sign issue](https://shahin.blog/fixing-the-git-gpg-sign-issue?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When submitting a commit command, I was facing: error: gpg failed to sign the data fatal: failed to write commit object After some searching, I managed to enable Git's debugging log as: GIT\_TRACE=1 git commit And the output changed to: 08:55:55.0598...

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