From 2ce4e0b3192e6ff7f0bdc7ca3b65b40a88bf4edb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Whitton Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 11:05:37 -0700 Subject: improve first section of manpage --- README.rst | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.rst') diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index c413898..9705dfb 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ GNU Privacy Guard-encrypted git remote Description =========== -Remote helper programs are invoked by git to handle network transport. -This helper handles `gcrypt::` URLs that will access a remote repository -encrypted with GPG, using our custom format. - -Supported locations are `local`, `rsync://` and `sftp://`, where the -repository is stored as a set of files, or instead any `` where -gcrypt will store the same representation in a git repository, bridged -over arbitrary git transport. +git-remote-gcrypt is a git remote helper to push and pull from +repositories encrypted with GnuPG, using a custom format. This remote +helper handles URIs prefixed with `gcrypt::`. + +Supported backends are `local`, `rsync://` and `sftp://`, where the +repository is stored as a set of files, or instead any `` +where gcrypt will store the same representation in a git repository, +bridged over arbitrary git transport. See "Performance" below for +backends comparison. The aim is to provide confidential, authenticated git storage and collaboration using typical untrusted file hosts or services. -- cgit v1.2.3