Git-crypt

Encrypt select files within a git repo.
Designed for encrypting few/select files within a git repo, rather than the entire repo.

You may also be interested in encfs and vim-gnupg.

Documentation

official docs	https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt/wiki
github	https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt

Tutorials

dev	https://dev.to/heroku/how-to-manage-your-secrets-with-git-crypt-56ih

Install

sudo pacman -S git-crypt

Configuration

Repo Setup

# create repo
mkdir myrepo
cd myrepo
git init
git-crypt init

# .gitattributes

# specify files to encrypt
*.rst filter=git-crypt diff=git-crypt

# add GPG key to encrypt files with
git-crypt add-gpg-user user@domain.com   # email specified in gpgkey being used

# export git-crypt's key so that you have a backup (?)
git-crypt export-key ~/gitcryptkey

Migrating docs to new GPG keys

# haven't tried this yet, but it looks like it might be
git-encrypt migrate-key

Usage

git crypt lock
git crypt unlock
git crypt status  # show encrypted/non-encrypted status of files