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Expand Up @@ -199,5 +199,11 @@ FIXME
Using a Different GPG Base Directory
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PyGPGME honours the ``GNUPGHOME`` environment variable. This means you can change the GPG Base Directory simply by setting it using ``os.environ``::

import os
import gpgme

os.environ['GNUPGHOME'] = '/path/to/dir'
ctx = gpgme.Context()
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If you're using more than one keyrings this will change the base dir for all.
Instead it should be noted that you can use:

import tempfile
import gpgme

temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="tmp.gpghome")
ctx = gpgme.Context()
ctx.set_engine_info(gpgme.PROTOCOL_OpenPGP, None, temp_dir)

This will change the gpg dir only for this keyring/context.

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Seeing as you've come up with a LOT better method, I'd be happy to abandon the above PR and let you create the PR with the above details.