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From: Geoffrey Lee <geoffreyj.lee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FR] Encrypting the repository
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:18:59 -0700
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Aaron Digulla <digulla@hepe.com> wrote:
> 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?

Why in the world would you want to modify Git to do that? Just use an
existing encryption solution. If you need to use a USB drive, then use
disk encryption. If you need to do it online, then use SSH.
http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Security/Products_and_Tools/Cryptography/

-Geoffrey Lee