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[FR] Encrypting the repository

From
Aaron Digulla <digulla@hepe.com>
Date
Apr 10, 2009, 08:49 UTC
Message-ID
<loom.20090410T084314-918@post.gmane.org>
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,
-- 
Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla
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