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=== Version Info === 
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hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ git --version
git version 2.19.1.windows.1

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.9-unknown
libgcrypt 1.8.3
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Home: /c/Users/hsingh/.gnupg
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
        CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2




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=== CASE1: Working with default GNUPG Home ===
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hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ gpg --import
gpg: keybox '/c/Users/hsingh/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created

gpg: signal Interrupt caught ... exiting




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=== CASE2: Working with setting environment variable for GNUPGHOME and path provided in git style ===
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hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ export GNUPGHOME=/C/gpgTesting/.gnupg

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ echo $GNUPGHOME
/C/gpgTesting/.gnupg

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ gpg --import
gpg: keybox '/C/gpgTesting/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created

gpg: signal Interrupt caught ... exiting




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=== CASE3: NOT Working with setting environment variable for GNUPGHOME and path provided in windows style ====
=== IT LOOKS Like concatenate the current working directory to the value of GNUPGHOME ========================
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hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ export GNUPGHOME=C:\\gpgTesting\\.gnupg

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ echo $GNUPGHOME
C:\gpgTesting\.gnupg

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ gpg --import
gpg: keyblock resource '/c/gpgTesting/C:\gpgTesting\.gnupg/pubring.kbx': No such file or directory

gpg: signal Interrupt caught ... exiting




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=== CASE4: NOT Working with setting environment variable for GNUPGHOME and path provided in windows style with forward slash ===
=== IT LOOKS Like concatenate the current working directory to the value of GNUPGHOME ==========================================
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hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ export GNUPGHOME=C:/gpgTesting/.gnupg

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ echo $GNUPGHOME
C:/gpgTesting/.gnupg

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$ gpg --import
gpg: Fatal: can't create directory '/c/gpgTesting/C:/gpgTesting/.gnupg': No such file or directory

hsingh@HSINGH-LT MINGW64 /c/gpgTesting
$