Detect Secrets Action

This github action scans a repository usuing Yelp's Detect Secrets library.

Sample Configuration

This file is accessible at ./.github/workflows/main.yml in the action's repository.

---

# This runs Yelp's 'detect-secrets': https://github.com/Yelp/detect-secrets/blob/master/README.md

name: Scan Code for Secrets

on:
  pull_request:
    - opened
    - reopened
    - ready_for_review
    - synchronize
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - '!**'

jobs:
  check-for-secrets:
    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Run Yelp's detect-secrets
        uses: RobertFischer/detect-secrets-action@v2.0.0
      - name: Commit back .secrets.baseline (if it was missing)
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
        with:
          commit_message: "build(detect-secrets): Commit the newly-generated .secrets.baseline file"

Environment Variables

Key	Value Description	Default Value
DS_ADDL_ARGS	Additional arguments to pass to the detect-secrets binary	No additional arguments (ie: the empty string)
DS_REQUIRE_BASELINE	If set to anything other than 0, we will fail the test if there is no baseline file	0 (ie: don't require baseline) ]

Usage Notes

If this action runs and does not see a detect-secrets baseline file at .secrets.baseline in the root of the repo, then the action will generate that baseline file for you. If you don't commit that file back, then this action is effectively an expensive no-op. The sample configuration above demonstrates how to commit back using the (git-auto-commit)[https://github.com/marketplace/actions/git-auto-commit] action.