SQ(1)                            User Commands                           SQ(1)

NAME
       sq key adopt - Bind keys from one certificate to another

SYNOPSIS
       sq key adopt [OPTIONS] TARGET-KEY

DESCRIPTION
       Bind keys from one certificate to another.

       This command allows one to transfer primary keys and subkeys into an
       existing certificate.  Say you want to transition to a new certificate,
       but have an authentication subkey on your current certificate.  You
       want to keep the authentication subkey because it allows access to SSH
       servers and updating their configuration is not feasible.



OPTIONS
   Subcommand options
       -B, --binary
              Emit binary data

       --allow-broken-crypto
              Allow adopting keys from certificates using broken cryptography

       --expire=KEY-EXPIRATION-TIME
              Make adopted subkeys expire at the given time

       -k, --key=KEY
              Add the key or subkey KEY to the TARGET-KEY

       -o, --output=FILE
              Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

              [default: -]

        TARGET-KEY
              Add keys to TARGET-KEY or reads keys from stdin if omitted

              [default: -]

   Global options
       See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

EXAMPLES
       Adopt an subkey into the new cert

              sq key adopt --keyring juliet-old.pgp --key 0123456789ABCDEF \
                     juliet-new.pgp

SEE ALSO
       sq(1), sq-key(1).

       For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.

VERSION
       0.35.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.20.0)

Sequoia PGP                         0.35.0                               SQ(1)