Update checking-for-existing-gpg-keys.md (#35597)

Co-authored-by: Alex Nguyen <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Ben Ahmady <[email protected]>
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       # Prints the GPG public key, in ASCII armor format
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+        Consider exporting your keys with the option `--export-options export-minimal`, which can prevent misreading keys that contain deprecated fields.
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       You can then [add your GPG key to your GitHub account](/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/adding-a-gpg-key-to-your-github-account).
 
 ## Further reading