.pre-commit-README.md

Pre-Commit-Hook

The defined pre-commit-hook prevents committing passwords to the repository. In case a password is detected git commit fails.

Install pre-commit

1. Install pre-commit-hook tool $ pip install pre-commit
2. Install detect-secrets $ pip install detect-secrets

Enable secret-scanning pre-commit hook

1. Update pre-commit-hook $ pre-commit autoupdate
2. Enable defined pre-commit-hook $ pre-commit install

On repository initialization of pre-commit hook with detect-secrets

If no .secrets.baseline is present, simply generate it:

1. $ detect-secrets scan --disable-plugin KeywordDetector --disable-plugin AWSKeyDetector > .secrets.baseline
2. Use Notepad++ or IntelliJ-Editor to convert .secrets.baseline to UTF-8

Add false-positives or force adding secrets

1. $ detect-secrets scan --baseline .secrets.baseline
2. If secrets are identified, add them to .secrets.baseline manually For more details see: https://github.com/Yelp/detect-secrets#adding-secrets-to-baseline