31 Jan 2017 • Dumping a git repository to an encrypted zip file

ADDENDUM: This is trash, use gitolite to give your work PC read only access instead.

I want to be able to access my dotfiles repository from anywhere without actually giving people public access. I don't want to fuck about making a new user account with restricted shell/setting up a massive web server/etc.

The simplest solution I can think of is making a post-receive hook that dumps the repository to an encrypted zip and copying that to the (static) web root, which is done like this:

#! /bin/sh

OUT=/path/to/webroot/dotfiles.7z

rm "$OUT"
git archive master | 7z a -sidotfiles.tar -ppassword -mhe=on "$OUT"

Ok so it's a 7z not a zip, but some zip implementations (like Windows Explorer) only support shitty encryption so you were going to have to install 7zip anyway.