or just prepare a nice bash script (or even better, a fabfile) to deal with "fetch updates from vcs, move them into production". I usually keep "replacements" in the private folder, and that folder is added to .gitignore.
On Saturday, October 12, 2013 10:52:33 PM UTC+2, Michael Herman wrote: > > You can handle this in a number of way. Probably the easiest is just to > use global variables for all your sensitive info and place them in config > file. Then just add that config file to your .gitignore file. > > On Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:24:23 PM UTC-6, stefaan wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> When creating web2py applications, are there any "best practices" >> regarding ensuring you don't push sensitive data (e.g. email password) >> to github by accident? Do people test using new email addresses that were >> created specifically for testing web apps? >> Or perhaps someone has developed a script that automatically >> (temporarily?) removes sensitive data before committing? >> How about database contents? Should files like 0.py and database folder >> contents simply never be committed, and made part of .gitignore? >> (Apart from some initial version where mail settings and stuff like >> settings.security_key are empty...) >> >> I want to avoid having to take manual actions before committing/pushing >> because I expect that sooner or later I would make mistakes. >> >> Ideas on the topic or a link to explanation welcome... >> >> p.s. I already saw this, but I'm sure it's still up to date: What data >> should be private (for security) in a standard web2py >> installation?<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/sensitive$20data/web2py/UBhDaekkT8Q/hMJWEycUGYUJ> >> >> Best regards, >> Stefaan. >> >> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
