git-crypt
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 30, 2025first mention
Jun 17, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use and love git crypt, but it doesn't get enough use.”
small teams of one to three devson “Epic Games announces Lore version control system”
“I've not tried this, however”
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“I use git-crypt to encrypt the inputs in my public repo”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 4
“I use and love git crypt, but it doesn't get enough use.”
“I've not tried this, however”
I’ve been using git-crypt⁽¹⁾ which is transparent (you put the patterns you want to encrypt in .gitattributes) and lets you use GPG keys or symmetric keys. And it's been around for quite a while. ⁽¹⁾https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt
“I use git-crypt to encrypt the inputs in my public repo”