Json output format returns an array

[ArisBee]

That's minor, but when I execute something like:

detect-secrets audit .secrets.baseline --json --report

It will typically returns json objects within an array, for instance if there is no finding it will simply output []. Couldn't it instead return a json object in between curly brackets {}?

[jpdakran]

Hello @ArisBee. Is there a reason you want this enhancement? The functionality of the audit report is to display a list of secret values which is why it returns an empty list.

[ArisBee]

That makes it easier for automated parsing. Now I have to define an exception when nothing is found.

[lorenzodb1]

As I mentioned internally, I fully support this enhancement 😄

[jpdakran]

@ArisBee Do you want it only in the nothing found case Ex. {}. Or just in general?

[lorenzodb1]

I would add it in general for consistency. Something like

{
    results: [ ... ]
}