"Feature not available for users using GPG" - why, and what can I (as a user) do about it?

[AndrewSav]

When trying to move a hunk from a prior commit to a new commit, I'm getting this:

• This is after I was asked and entered the commit message, if anything, is this the best place to give this error, not before that? I mean I spent some time wording it carefully, and now it seems that it's not possible to apply, seems that might be good if we could prevent this?
• Why is feature not available for users using GPG? What other features are not available to such users?
• How to do what I want to do without using GPG? Preferably, not reversing the entire GPG setup, just this one commit, if lazygit cannot support this

[stefanhaller]

This is after I was asked and entered the commit message, if anything, is this the best place to give this error, not before that?

Yes, this would be nice. It should be easy to do, all it takes is to insert this code

if self.config.UsingGpg() {
	return errors.New(self.Tr.DisabledForGPG)
}

in handlePullPatchIntoNewCommit, before the call to OpenCommitMessagePanel; PRs welcome. (We'd be checking this twice then, which is a bit ugly, but improving the user experience in this way is probably worth it, I'd say.)

Why is feature not available for users using GPG?

Because it's a bit tricky to implement; see this comment in the code.

How to do what I want to do without using GPG?

If it is possible to configure your GPG setup so that you don't have to enter a password each time, then you can set lazygit's git.overrideGpg config to true to make it work. I'm not familiar with GPG at all, so can't give advice here, but I imagine there must be something similar to ssh-agent to make this possible.

[AndrewSav]

Thank you, @stefanhaller!

If it is possible to configure your GPG setup so that you don't have to enter a password each time

With SSH signing you do not need to enter password each time as long as your ssh-agent keeps your password. I'll give git.overrideGpg a go. Do you know what else in lazygit check this flag?

[stefanhaller]

Do you know what else in lazygit check this flag?

All the custom patch commands; amending a commit; resetting a commit's author, or adding a co-author; rewording a commit that is not the current head.

[AndrewSav]

Thank you. I tried the option it worked for my workflow. Thank you for taking the time for the detailed answer