update secret key export doc (macos) #284
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Oct 16, 2023
| @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Add the following secrets: | |||
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| ``` | |||
| # macOS | |||
| gpg --armor --export-secret-keys $LONG_ID | base64 | pbcopy | |||
| gpg --armor --export-secret-keys $LONG_ID | base64 -w0 | pbcopy | |||
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Are you using GNU Coreutils? Quick Googling says macOS version of base64 doesn't support -w flag. I can confirm this locally on macOS as well.
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Looks like I'm using coreutils.
$ which base64
/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/base64
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I've been using these instructions for over year but recently I have found that when I export the gpg private key on my Mac that GitHub CI publish tasks fail at the base64 decode stage.
Adding -w0 when exporting the key fixes this. The Linux instructions include the
-w0already.