nix-config/gpg/README.md

# GPG

GPG is the standard encryption tool.

## Use Cases

gpg can be used to:

- Sign things with your signing subkey
- Read encrypted messages sent to you with your encryption subkey
- Send encrypted messages to other people with their public key
- Verify the authenticity of someone's messages and other data with their public key

You should not use gpg if:

- You should use gpg.

## Usage

Export `GPG_TTY` in your shell's init script. This is how you would do it in [fish](/fish):

```fish
export GPG_TTY=(tty)
```

[gnupg]: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg
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docs: Update READMEs for code, editorconfig, and gpg 2018-11-20 04:50:09 +01:00			`- Sign things with your signing subkey`
			`- Read encrypted messages sent to you with your encryption subkey`
			`- Send encrypted messages to other people with their public key`
			`- Verify the authenticity of someone's messages and other data with their public key`
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			`- You should use gpg.`
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			`## Usage`

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			```fish
			`export GPG_TTY=(tty)`
			```

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