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Dev tools · April 27, 2026

Git-agecrypt – transparent file-level encryption for Git

Greetings HN! I've forked the excellent work done by [vlaci/git-agecrypt](https://github.com/vlaci/git-agecrypt), looks like the original project has not been maintained for a while, so I decided to pick it up, update all the dependencies and add some thorough testing. I like the ability to store sensitive data in public repositories, it's especially useful when bootstrapping new IaC repositories, you don't have anything at the beginning of a new project so there is no place yet to store secrets, this is "a way" of doing it. I know you can use tools like SOPS but I…

Git-agecrypt – transparent file-level encryption for Git launched on April 27, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,538 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Transparent file-level encryption for git repositories, powered by age. - bartei/git-agecrypt

In the maker’s words, at launch

Greetings HN! I've forked the excellent work done by [vlaci/git-agecrypt](https://github.com/vlaci/git-agecrypt), looks like the original project has not been maintained for a while, so I decided to pick it up, update all the dependencies and add some thorough testing. I like the ability to…

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