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Re: Transparently encrypt repository contents with GPG

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Bbigbear <urs.rau@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 21, 2012, 17:25 UTC
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Matthias Nothhaft wrote
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to Git but I really already love it. ;-)
> 
> I would like to have repository that transparently encrypts and
> decrypts all files using GPG.
> 
> What I need is a way to automatically modify each file
> 
> a) before it is written in the repository
> b) after it is read from the repository
> 
> Is there a way to get this work somehow? Can someone give me some
> hints where I need to begin?
> 
> regards,
> Matthias
> 
>

Have come across this on my own search for an encrypted git repo. Matthias it looks as if somebody has come up with a "working" system that uses the 'smudge & clean' filter features of git. Seems to me that to use it for storing the repo on a non trusted or possibly public git repo with some private content in the files this seems to be a workable solution.

Transparent Git Encryption https://gist.github.com/873637 and/or possibly https://github.com/shadowhand/git-encrypt

The way to do this is to use git's "smudge" and "clean" filters, but it's not necessarily recommended for reasons that are explained here by Junio C Hamano, the maintainer of git:

    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/113221

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  1. Matthias NothhaftMar 12, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierMar 12, 2009
  3. Michael J GruberMar 13, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierMar 13, 2009
  5. Thomas RastMar 13, 2009
  6. Sverre RabbelierMar 13, 2009
  7. Michael J GruberMar 13, 2009
  8. Sverre RabbelierMar 13, 2009
  9. Jeff KingMar 13, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2009
  11. Michael J GruberMar 14, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2009
  13. Michael J GruberMar 16, 2009
  14. Jeff KingMar 17, 2009
  15. Jeff KingMar 17, 2009
  16. bigbearApr 21, 2012
  17. lalebardeJun 17, 2012
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