Here's something nobody talks about. .gitignore doesn't encrypt your secrets. It just hides them...
Here's something nobody talks about.
.gitignore doesn't encrypt your secrets. It just hides them from git.
They're still sitting on your laptop as plaintext. Every tool you install can read them. Every script that runs can read them. One accidental commit and your database password is public on GitHub forever.
So I built dotlock — an encrypted .env vault with a terminal UI, written in Go.
Before and after
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