gpg-agent not found for homebrew

Question

I'm attempting to install gpg-agent, but I am getting an error that the formula doesn't exist:

$ brew install gpg-agent
Error: No available formula with the name "gpg-agent"
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
Warning: homebrew/core is shallow clone. To get complete history run:
  git -C "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)" fetch --unshallow

Error: No previously deleted formula found.
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
Error: No similarly named formulae found.
==> Searching taps...
==> Searching taps on GitHub...
Error: No formulae found in taps.

However, it appears that this formula is still active: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gpg-agent

Is there something I have configured incorrectly? Other formulas are working as expected (e.g. brew install gpg, brew install pinentry-mac).

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  /usr/local/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib

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  /usr/local/include/fakesql.h
  /usr/local/include/itcl.h
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  /usr/local/include/itclInt.h
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  /usr/local/include/tk.h
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$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.7.5
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: d639559c4de48faad79d3ecb1ec84dc851ea66f2
Last commit: 3 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: bd29bc2b97641173dbe4e5ec2a6fe484dfa9dd93
Core tap last commit: 2 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_GIT: git
CPU: octa-core 64-bit kabylake
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.7 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: 10.0 build 1000
Git: 2.19.0 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: N/A
macOS: 10.13.6-x86_64
CLT: 9.4.0.0.1.1526532315
Xcode: 10.0
XQuartz: N/A

Answer 1

The gpg-agent formula was removed by commit 965e1. The reason is given in the commit message:

commit 965e130e04e5900e35bf1f0b6ebad9d1c2f680a7
Author: Dominyk Tiller <[email protected]>
Date:   Sun Aug 19 23:07:17 2018 +0100

    gpg-agent: delete

    Is a redundant formula without `[email protected]` around; `gnupg` >2.1 ships
    its own `gpg-agent`.

So if you want gpg-agent install gnupg.