secrets

Encrypted env file sync between machines using age key-file encryption + a private git repo.

Quick Start

brew install age
./secrets init                    # Create ~/.secrets repo + generate age key
cd ~/my-project && ./secrets push # Encrypt .env* files, commit, push
# On other machine:
cd ~/my-project && ./secrets pull # Pull + decrypt .env* files

Testing

brew install bats-core
bats test/secrets.bats

Architecture

Single bash script (secrets) with subcommands: init, push, pull, list, rm, rekey.

Encryption: age with key files (not passphrases — age passphrases are non-scriptable)
Storage: Private git repo at ~/.secrets/
Convention: Globs .env and .env.* (not .envrc, .environment-*)
Safety: Pre-commit hook rejects plaintext .env files

Project Structure

secrets              # CLI script (~300 lines bash)
hooks/pre-commit     # Pre-commit hook template
test/
  secrets.bats       # bats-core test suite (20 tests)
  test_helper.bash   # Shared setup/teardown
README.md            # User-facing documentation
CLAUDE.md            # This file

Key file

~/.secrets/key.txt is the age identity (private key). It is gitignored and must be copied manually to each machine once.

Environment variable

SECRETS_DIR overrides the default ~/.secrets location (useful for testing).

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