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Comment by theteapot

9 months ago

This is 13 lines of Bash plus GPG which is available ~everywhere and a pretty lowish level Linux dependency. SOPS is +20KLOC of Go with support for cloud KMS etc etc. I think you got your mystery meat analogy backwards.

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woodruffw  9 months ago

The mystery meat in question is GPG, not sops or this.

(I also wouldn’t call GPG a low level dependency.)

  • theteapot  9 months ago

    lowish. Meaning if you run a Linux desktop env with a mild amount of software installed it's likely pulled in already.

    • woodruffw  9 months ago

      I’ve used a Linux desktop for my entire adult life, and I’m pretty sure GPG has never been bundled directly with my environment. I used to install it directly, but I haven’t needed that in years either since everything I needed GPG for (= git) supports SSH signing instead.