On 2019-08-08 22:17, Nick Nauwelaerts wrote: > git-crypt is a git plugin that transparently handles encryption/decryption > of files in combination with git. i've used it on and off again when i need > to place sensitive info on a location that could be public (or as most ppl > seem to use it: to save dotfiles on github without all your private stuff > being world readable). i've been using it sporadicly in cygwin for 2 months > as well without any issues. > > as such i made a cygport of it, but i'm not quite clear on how the process > works to submit it.
See also: https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html https://cygwin.com/packaging-hint-files.html https://cygwin.com/packaging-package-files.html https://cygwin.com/package-server.html https://cygwin.com/package-upload.html but ignore anything that does not jive with cygport doing most of the grunt work for you: $ cygport package.cygport download all test upload announce but you might want to run the latter two separately after manually installing and using the packages under Cygwin on your system. > cygport file & patches are here: https://github.com/inphobia/git-crypt.cygport > > cygport file was written by me, windows patches came from the issue tracker, > a link to the original patch is included as a comment in each patch file. > > it completes all cygport steps (compile, package, etc, ...) just fine and the > resulting package seems to be compliant. > > major distro references as requested for new packages: > https://software.opensuse.org/package/git-crypt > https://packages.debian.org/sid/git-crypt You can also check package availability easily on https://pkgs.org/: $ cygstart https://pkgs.org/download/git-crypt shows Alt Linux, Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, OpenSuSE, Ubuntu. > license: gpl v3 > > tested on windows 10 x64 - 1903, cygwin 3.0.7 You also have to build on x86 and provide public links to the package.cygport, source package-ver-1-src.tar.xz, x86 and x86_64 binary package-ver-1.hint, package-ver-1.tar.xz, x86 and x86_64 debuginfo package-debuginfo-ver-1.hint and package-debuginfo-ver-1.tar.xz files, from the build package-ver-1.arch/dist subdirectories. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
