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DOC: justify why you would want to sign your new key

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@ -416,17 +416,26 @@ Export the key ID as a [variable](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1158091/de
$ export KEYID=0xFF3E7D88647EBCDB
```
# Sign with an existing key (if you have one)
# Sign with an existing key (optional)
Export your existing key to move it to the working keyring. From a different terminal do:
If you already have a pgp key you may want want to sign your new key
with the old one to help prove that your new key is infact controlled
by you.
$ gpg --export-secret-keys --armor --output /tmp/new.sec
Export your existing key to move it to the working keyring. From a
different terminal do:
and then
```console
$ gpg --export-secret-keys --armor --output /tmp/new.sec
```
$ gpg --default-key $OLDKEY --sign-key $KEYID
to export your old key and then
```console
$ gpg --default-key $OLDKEY --sign-key $KEYID
```
# Sub-keys
Edit the master key to add sub-keys: