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Re: can Git encrypt/decrypt .gpg on push/fetch?

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ABAneesh Bhasin <contact.aneesh@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 9, 2011, 10:50 UTC
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Hi Ted,
2011/9/9 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
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> I need to store some encrypted files in Git but for some clients with
> the right GPG keys, decrypt them on checkout (possibly also encrypt them
> back on commit, but that's not as important).
>
> diff doesn't have to work, this is just for convenience.  Can Git do
> this (matching only .gpg files) or do I need my own command to run after
> the checkout/fetch and before commit?  It seems pretty out of Git's
> scope but perhaps others have done this before.
>
Have you looked at git hooks (e.g. here : http://progit.org/book/ch7-3.html).

You could do the encryption/decryption in pre-commit and post-checkout hooks scripts respectively...

regards, Aneesh

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  4. Michael J GruberSep 9, 2011
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