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What I like is that I can generally run `gpg --encrypt --recipient andrew` and it will search keys by a few different "fields" to find matches. I don't need to
by andrewstuart2 4y ago
What I like is that I can generally run `gpg --encrypt --recipient andrew` and it will search keys by a few different "fields" to find matches. I don't need to remember where I put the key file or even always the person's email vs name. Some people I can remember handles more easily than real IDs and that works just fine with the gpg database implementation.
- qbasic_forever 4y agoWhy not just put your friend's keys in a well known place by their name, like in your home directory? Then you can just refer to them as ~/identities/andrew for example. You could even add a symlink for andrew's email in the same dir. This also lets you use your shell's tab completion or even a fuzzy finder to list and select identities.
- andrewstuart2 4y agoYou're definitely right. I can do that. I can also symlink the files to multiple aliases if I want to be able to use multiple possible references for the same key. But I do prefer it when the tool handles that for me.
- dividedbyzero 4y agoI'd like age to remain as simple as it is right now, I'm using it because unlike GPG I can actually use it without having to manpage/google things, but that sounds like a great idea for a more capable utility that wraps age for the GPG use cases that aren't covered well yet