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by iudqnolq 1893 days ago
I'm glad it's working well for you. I used to use pass, but when I lost my gpg key I was able to recover most of my passwords through a mistake I'd made. After that I decided to switch to something where I wouldn't be able to screw up as easily, and bought 1password.

I still had an earlier gpg key, and had not reset all my passwords when I switched keys. I'd just re-encrypted them. This let me check out an old commit and decrypt all the passwords in it. A dumb mistake, but it showed me I'm not smart enough to use something that doesn't hold my hand more.

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Really good point that you can’t change a password on something if backups exist - because they backups still have the old password. Would apply to 1Password vaults backed up by TimeMachine too.
This is why I use pass without git. pass works normally without git, but the Android app assumes the store is a repository, so it "mostly" works.
Important point on usability for people who may have overlooked this, like me.
A good story, and a good lesson! Thanks for sharing