I don't understand your statement. If a git clone of a specific commit also pulls the data that is generated from that commit hash via IPFS simultaneously, the

I don't understand your statement. If a git clone of a specific commit also pulls the data that is generated from that commit hash via IPFS simultaneously, then you can always have the data at whatever state you choose. How might this have a negative effect on conserving the data? Do you mean that there are additional structures required to manage keys if the data is encrypted?