fix: configure pinentry-mac and GPG_TTY for commit signing#6
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GPG signing fails with "Inappropriate ioctl for device" because GPG_TTY is not set and pinentry-mac is not installed/configured. This adds: - pinentry-mac to Brewfile.dev - GPG_TTY export to zshrc - pinentry-mac configuration in the git module's GPG setup Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
pinentry-mactoBrewfile.devso GPG can use macOS native passphrase dialogsGPG_TTY=$(tty)in zshrc so GPG knows which terminal to usegpg-agent.confwith pinentry-mac when availableContext
After SSH key changes, GPG commit signing broke with:
Root cause:
GPG_TTYwas never set and only the curses-basedpinentrywas installed, which can't prompt for a passphrase in non-interactive contexts.Test plan
mbp setup --module gitand verify pinentry-mac is configured in~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.confecho $GPG_TTYreturns a tty path🤖 Generated with Claude Code