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authorSilvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>2013-09-10 16:23:57 -0300
committerSilvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>2013-09-10 16:23:57 -0300
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@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ del <*secret*>
you should also rewrite the git history by yourself.
edit <*secret*>
-: Edits a secret by temporarily decrypting it, opening the decrypted copy into *$EDITOR*
- and then recrypting it again.
+: Edits a secret by temporarily decrypting it, opening the decrypted copy into the
+ text editor defined by the *$EDITOR* environment variable and then recrypting it
+ again.
encrypt [*file*] <*secret*>
-: Encrypts content from standard input or *file* into *secret*.
+: Encrypts content from standard input or *file* into *secret* pathname.
encrypt-batch <*secret*>
: Encrypt content, batch mode.
@@ -100,16 +101,52 @@ commands
: List available actions, useful for shell completion and syntax check.
options <*ls*|*edit*|*add*>
-: List, edit or add miscelaneous *repository options*.
+: List, edit or add miscelaneous *repository* options.
+
+ Repository options are specific configurations for the keyring which are
+ saved into the repository, making it available for all users with access to the
+ repository and hence is a *global* configuration stanza for a given keyring.
preferences <*ls*|*edit*|*add*>
-: List, edit or add *user options* for a given repository.
+: List, edit or add *user* preferences for a given repository.
+
+ User preferences are specific configurations for the keyring which are
+ saved into the user's keyringer folder (`$HOME/.keyringer/`) hence not
+ shared with the other users.
recipients <*ls*|*edit*> <*recipient-file*>
: List or edit recipient configuration.
+ Recipient files are lists of OpenPGP public key fingerprints which are used
+ by keyringer when encrypting secrets.
+
+ Keyringer uses a default recipient file and supports custom *recipient-files* which
+ overrides the default recipient file according to it's matching pathname.
+
+ For instance, a the *recipient-file* called *accounting* will be used
+ wherever a user encrypts a secret to a file residing from the *accounting*
+ folder in the keyring repository. In that case, encrypting a secret into
+ *accounting/bank-accounts* will result in a file
+ `$KEYRING_FOLDER/keys/accounting/bank-accounts.asc` encrypted using the
+ public keys listed in `$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/recipients/accounting` config
+ file.
+
+### OPTIONS
+
+ls
+: List all existing recipient files.
+
+edit
+: Create or edit a recipient-file.
+
+ Edition happens using the editor specified by the `$EDITOR`
+ environment variable.
+
+ The required parameter *recipient-file* is taken relativelly
+ from the `$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/recipients/` folder.
+
usage
-: Show usage information.
+: Show keyringer usage information.
# FILES
@@ -117,7 +154,7 @@ $HOME/.keyringer/config
: User's main configuration file used to map alias names to keyrings.
$HOME/.keyringer/*keyring*
-: User preferences for the keyringer aliased *keyring*.
+: User preferences for the keyringer aliased *keyring* keyring.
$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/options
: Custom keyring options which will be applied for all users that use