How to version control config files pragmatically?

Question

Suppose we have a config file with sensitive passwords. I\'d like to version control the whole project, including the config file as well, but I don\'t want to share my pass

Answer 1

I had something similar to this although I don't know if it would work for you. I had a directory that contained files that contained passwords. This directory was not version controlled. The files were named after the applications which used them and in the config files, I 'sourced' the appropriate password file at the point it was needed. This would demand that your config parser can handle sourcing.