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# Securing Git repositories with gittuf [LWN.net]

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 8 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Gittuf is an attempt to provide a security layer for Git that can handle key management, enforce security policies for repositories, and guard against attacks at the version-control layer. It aims to verify policy adherence and provide secure source code for the software supply chain.

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