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diff --git a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_23_7a5af50f7c482d7c02c53be28ddb6a66._comment b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_23_7a5af50f7c482d7c02c53be28ddb6a66._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ba0c1ce40 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_23_7a5af50f7c482d7c02c53be28ddb6a66._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 23""" + date="2016-04-04T20:17:05Z" + content=""" +@szrc, it's pretty expensive to pull encrypted creds out of the git +repository and run gpg to decrypt them. Doing so also tends to result +in a gpg password prompt. + +Rather than do that every time git-annex needs the creds to access the +remote, it maintains a local cache file, which has its permissions set so +only the local user (and root, naturally) can read it. +"""]] |