Re: [FR] Encrypting the repository

From: Aaron Digulla <digulla@hepe.com>
Date: Apr 10, 2009, 11:09 UTC
Message-ID: <49DF28E4.3070609@hepe.com>
In-Reply-To: <200904101114.07385.fge@one2team.com>

Francis Galiegue wrote:

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> Le vendredi 10 avril 2009, vous avez écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need a way to safely synchronize data between several places using an 
> unsafe
>> storage (USB stick, Internet drive). So my question is: How much work would 
> it
>> be to patch GIT to encrypt all files in the repository using AES-256?
>>
>> I'm aware that this leaves an issue unresolved (where should I store the
>> password so that GIT doesn't have to ask for it all the time?) but one step 
> at a
>> time, please :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
> 
> Why don't you just create an archive and encrypt that archive, instead of 
> encrypting every file?

Because I don't want to loose the change history.

> Also, what are the target systems?

Linux and Windows.

Regards,

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