transcrypt is in the same vein as existing projects like git-crypt and git-encrypt, which follow Git's documentation regarding the use of clean/smudge filters for encryption. In comparison to those other projects, transcrypt makes substantial improvements in the areas of usability and safety.
- transcrypt is just a Bash script and does not require compilation
- transcrypt uses OpenSSL's symmetric cipher routines rather than implementing its own crypto
- transcrypt does not have to remain installed after the initial repository configuration
- transcrypt generates a unique salt for each encrypted file
- transcrypt uses safety checks to avoid clobbering or duplicating configuration data
- transcrypt facilitates setting up additional clones as well as rekeying
- transcrypt adds an alias
git ls-cryptto list all encrypted files
nstallation via Packages
A number of packages are available for installing transcrypt directly on your system via its native package manager. Some of these packages also include man page documentation as well as shell auto-completion scripts.
- Arch Linux
- Heroku (via Buildpacks)
- NixOS
- OS X (via Homebrew)
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