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

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 03:36:29PM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:

> A) Keep blobs and checkout encrypted
> - Use an editor which can encrypt/decrypt on the fly (e.g. vim)
> - Use "*.gpg diff=gpg" in your attributes and
> [diff "gpg"]
>         textconv = gpg -d
>   in your config to have cleartext diffs. Use cachetextconv with caution ;)

I use something like this for my password store, though I use:

  textconv = gpg -qd --no-tty

to keep things as clean as possible. Running gpg-agent is a must, of
course.

The wallet itself is just a gpg-encrypted YAML file, with a few scripts
grep within the hierarchy. I'm happy to share the code if anybody is
interested. I've also written firefox hooks to fill website form fields,
but that code is a little gross.

> B) Keep blobs encrypted, checkout decrypted
> - Use Use "*.gpg filter=gpg" in your attributes and
> [filter "gpg"]
> 	smudge = gpg -d
> 	clean = gpg -e -r yourgpgkey
>   in your config.
> 
> I use A on a regular basis. B is untested (but patterned after a similar
> gzip filter I use). You may or may not have better results with "gpg -ea".

Yeah, I think that would work but have never tried it either.

-Peff