add gpg-reset-pinentry

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diff --git a/gpg-reset-pinentry b/gpg-reset-pinentry
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# If I can't use gpg-agent for ssh, then it could be because the pinentry tty is
+# locked. This can also happen if I try to sign a commit in emacs, and the
+# pinentry minibuffer get eaten by the interface. In both cases, pinentry is
+# pending, so I can't unlock the card, but I lost the pinentry and can't enter
+# my pin, so I'm totally stuck. Took me forever to figure this out but thanks to
+# SultanLegend on StackOverflow I figured it out.
+#
+# > I had the error when using gpg-agent as my ssh-agent and using a gpg subkey
+# > as my ssh key https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG#gpg-agent. I
+# > suspect that the problem was caused by having an invalid pin entry tty for
+# > gpg caused by my sleep+lock command used in my sway config
+#
+# source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57116258
+gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye > /dev/null