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git-annex gpg encryption fails here when GPG_AGENT_INFO is set, it needs to be supplied --use-agent to work.

Output from git-annex:
copy file (to origin...) (gpg) gpg: can't query passphrase in batch mode
gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
Command gpg ["--batch","--no-tty","--quiet","--trust-model","always","--decrypt"] failed; exit code 2

git-annex: user error (Command gpg ["--batch","--no-tty","--quiet","--trust-model","always","--decrypt"] failed; exit code 2)
failed

Reproduced on command-line:
[0 zerodogg@browncoats ~]$ echo test > testfile
[0 zerodogg@browncoats ~]$ gpg -e testfile
[0 zerodogg@browncoats ~]$ gpg --batch --no-tty --quiet --trust-model always --decrypt testfile.gpg 
gpg: can't query passphrase in batch mode
gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
[2 zerodogg@browncoats ~]$ gpg --use-agent --batch --no-tty --quiet --trust-model always --decrypt testfile.gpg
test
[0 zerodogg@browncoats ~]$ 

A patch to fix this issue:


From 77cb02d15245e9ad6e127388adcda960000fb3b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eskild Hustvedt <code@zerodogg.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:21:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Explicitly enable agent to ensure decryption works

Otherwise gpg will fail when GPG_AGENT_INFO is set in certain cases.
---
 Utility/Gpg.hs |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Utility/Gpg.hs b/Utility/Gpg.hs
index e13afe5..c28b209 100644
--- a/Utility/Gpg.hs
+++ b/Utility/Gpg.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdParams params = do
    b <- getEnv "GPG_BATCH"
    let batch = if isNothing e && isNothing b
        then []
-       else ["--batch", "--no-tty"]
+       else ["--batch", "--no-tty", "--use-agent"]
    return $ batch ++ defaults ++ toCommand params
    where
        -- be quiet, even about checking the trustdb
-- 
1.7.10.4