fatal: bad boolean config value 'null' for 'commit.gpgsign' gitkraken and gitclients

Question

I am using GitKraken as my git client and it was always working fine, but for a few days I am getting the error fatal: bad boolean config value 'null' for 'commit.gpgsign' when I use any other git clients. I have tried cmd, vscode, PowerShell in vscode and Git GUI. I have also uninstalled the GitKraken and try, but I guess it somehow retains the settings. Have you ever experienced this issue?

Answer 1

After scratching my head for a while, I found the solution for the same. You just have to go to your .gitconfig file in your user directory (C:\Users\SibeeshVenu) and remove the preceding settings.

[commit]
    gpgSign = null

In the end, this is how my .gitconfig looks like.

[user]
    email = myemail
    name = Sibeesh Venu
    signingKey = null
    password = mypassword
[core]
    longpaths = true
[gpg]
    program = null
[tag]
    forceSignAnnotated = null
[credential]
    helper = store

Answer 2

Another possibility is that you have multiple profiles in GitKraken, especially if they existed prior to this setting. When you switch between them GitKraken updates the .gitconfig file from it's own internal settings for the profile, and if the profile does not have the 'commit.gpgsign' setting then it writes it out as 'null'.

The way to fix it is go through each of your GitKraken profiles and toggle the setting twice (first time to create the setting in the profile, and the second time to set the value back to it's original state). Now when you switch between profiles your .gitconfig will have those settings instead of nulls.