sensitive.el --- A dead simple way to load sensitive information

CC BY Tim Visher

Author: Tim Visher tim.visher@gmail.com
Keywords: convenience
Package-Requires: ((emacs "24") (sequences "0.1.0))
Version: 1.0.0

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Commentary:

This package is intended to make it dead simple to include sensitive information in your public .emacs file. More people publishing their .emacs file is a good thing for the world of Emacs users and the more facilities people have for hiding the information they need to load without having to jump through hoops to load it should make that easier.

Usage:

To use sensitive, place directories and files in sensitive-root that correspond to modes and variables.

For instance. If the contents of sensitive-root (by default ~/sensitive) are as follows:

{sensitive-root}
├── erc
│   └── erc-password -> "password as a string"
└── pivotal-tracker
    └── pivotal-api-token -> "api token as a string"

sensitive will cause the forms

(eval-after-load 'erc
  '(setq 'erc-password "password as a string"))

(eval-after-load 'pivotal-api-token
  '(setq pivotal-api-token "api token as string"))

to be evaled.

It's important to note that the contents of the variable files should be exactly what you would have used if you were to write the eval-after-load form yourself. In other words, there is no defaulting to strings or something; the form is actually read via the elisp reader and inserted into the eval-after-load form.

That's all there is to it. Happy hunting!