[EN] PGP: merging subkeys and primary private key

Work dir

$ mkdir keys1
$ mkdir keys2

Export private key

$ cd keys1
$ gpg --export-secret-keys  | gpgsplit
$ cat * | gpg --list-packets

Get subkeys

$ cd keys2
$ cp /path/to/backup/with/subkeys/privatekey.pgp ./
$ cat privatekey.pgp | gpgsplit
$ cat * | gpg --list-packets

Assemble the new key

$ cd..
$ cat keys1/000001-005.secret_key keys1/000002-013.user_id keys1/000003-002.sig keys2/000006-007.secret_subkey keys2/000007-002.sig > finalkey.pgp

Import

$ gpg --delete-secret-and-public-keys 
$ gpg --import finalkey.pgp

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