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vc-git incorrectly treats git-crypt encrypted files as binary, even when unlocked

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Message #56 received at 79050 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 79050 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, James Cherti <contact <at> jamescherti.com>
Subject: Re: bug#79050: vc-git incorrectly treats git-crypt encrypted files
 as binary, even when unlocked
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:14:51 +0100

Hello,

On Mon 28 Jul 2025 at 10:24pm -04, Richard Stallman wrote:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > When using vc-diff in a Git repository where all files are
>   > encrypted with git-crypt https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt
>   > the output does not reflect actual changes.
>
> What is the use case of git-crypt?  Why put code in a public repo
> and make it impossible for the public to see?

I maintain something similar: git-remote-gcrypt[1]

In short, Git repos don't have to be public.
I keep everything in Git, in many private repositories.

[1]  https://spwhitton.name/tech/code/git-remote-gcrypt/

-- 
Sean Whitton

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