NAME

       git-secret-hide - encrypts all added files with the inner keyring.

SYNOPSIS

       git secret hide [-c] [-F] [-P] [-v] [-d] [-m]

DESCRIPTION

       git-secret-hide creates an encrypted version (typically called filename.txt.secret) of each file added by
       git-secret-add  command.  Now anyone enabled via ´git secret tell´ can can decrypt these files. Under the
       hood, git-secret uses the keyring in .gitsecret/keys and user´s secret keys to decrypt the files.

       It is recommended to encrypt (or re-encrypt) all the files in a git-secret repo each time git secret hide
       is run.

       Otherwise the keychain (the one stored in .gitsecret/keys/*.gpg), may have changed since  the  last  time
       the files were encrypted, and it´s possible to create a state where the users in the output of git secret
       whoknows  may not be able to decrypt the some files in the repo, or may be able decrypt files they´re not
       supposed to be able to.

       In other words, unless you re-encrypt all the files in a repo each time you ´hide´ any, it´s possible  to
       make  it  so  some  files  can  no  longer be decrypted by users who should be (and would appear) able to
       decrypt them, and vice-versa.

       If you know what you are doing and wish to encrypt or re-encrypt only a subset of the  files  even  after
       reading the above paragraphs, you can use the -F or -m option to only encrypted a subset of files. The -F
       option forces git secret hide to skip any hidden files where the unencrypted versions aren´t present. The
       -m option skips any hidden files that have not be modified since the last time they were encrypted.

       Also, it is possible to modify the names of the encrypted files by setting SECRETS_EXTENSION variable.

       (See  git-secret(7)  http://git-secret.io/git-secret for information about renaming the .gitsecret folder
       using the SECRETS_DIR environment variable.

       You can  also  enable  verbosity  using  the  SECRETS_VERBOSE  environment  variable,  as  documented  at
       git-secret(7) http://git-secret.io/

OPTIONS

       -v  - verbose, shows extra information.
       -c  - deletes encrypted files before creating new ones.
       -F  - forces hide to continue if a file to encrypt is missing.
       -P  - preserve permissions of unencrypted file in encrypted file.
       -d  - deletes unencrypted files after encryption.
       -m  - encrypt files only when modified.
       -h  - shows help.

MANUAL

       Run man git-secret-hide to see this note.

SEE ALSO

       git-secret-init(1)                http://git-secret.io/git-secret-init,                git-secret-tell(1)
       http://git-secret.io/git-secret-tell,       git-secret-add(1)        http://git-secret.io/git-secret-add,
       git-secret-reveal(1) http://git-secret.io/git-secret-reveal,
       git-secret-cat(1) http://git-secret.io/git-secret-cat

sobolevn                                            May 2021                                  GIT-SECRET-HIDE(1)