Git sign in pkgs.vscode

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Hi!

I am using the “vscode” package via home manager on my NixOS laptop. I config my vs code with the settings sync option, so I do not want home manager to interfere with anything. As of now everything works great except the git commit button in the git tab. I get this error about signing even though git commit -S (and the full command vscode run) works well in the terminal.

> git -c user.useConfigOnly=true commit --quiet --allow-empty-message --file - -S
error: gpg failed to sign the data:
gpg: keyblock resource '/home/guibi/nix-config/$XDG_DATA_HOME/gnupg/pubring.kbx': No such file or directory
[GNUPG:] ERROR add_keyblock_resource 33587281
[GNUPG:] ERROR keydb_search 33554445
gpg: skipped "****mykey****": No secret key
[GNUPG:] INV_SGNR 9 ****mykey*****
[GNUPG:] FAILURE sign 17
gpg: signing failed: No secret key

fatal: failed to write commit object

Thanks

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Is it pinentry related? Do you have yours configured to be cached after unlock? Does it work in VSCode after running it in terminal and getting it cached up?

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Im not sure about pinentry? My gpg key is unprotected (password-wise) and it never works in vscode, even after I use the terminal.
I was assuming that the git that vscode uses doesn’t use the same gpg that i do? Is that even a thing?

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This certainly looks odd, but I don’t know what to advise, especially if its not pinentry related (since you don’t need it), and if your config works from terminal:

gpg: keyblock resource '/home/guibi/nix-config/$XDG_DATA_HOME/gnupg/pubring.kbx': No such file or directory.

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If i try to cat '/home/guibi/nix-config/$XDG_DATA_HOME/gnupg/pubring.kbx' it gives me an error… Maybe it’s that?