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Add detect-secrets integration with GitHub Actions and Makefile #5

Add detect-secrets integration with GitHub Actions and Makefile

Add detect-secrets integration with GitHub Actions and Makefile #5

Workflow file for this run

name: Detect Secrets Scan
on:
push:
branches: ["**"]
pull_request:
branches: [maint]
jobs:
detect-secrets:
name: Scan for Secrets (uses committed baseline config)
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: '3.11'
- name: Install detect-secrets
run: pip install git+https://github.com/ibm/detect-secrets.git@master#egg=detect-secrets
- name: Compare baseline
run: |
cp .secrets.baseline .secrets.baseline.bak
detect-secrets scan --update .secrets.baseline --suppress-unscannable-file-warnings
grep -v '"generated_at":' .secrets.baseline.bak > before.cleaned
grep -v '"generated_at":' .secrets.baseline > after.cleaned
if ! diff before.cleaned after.cleaned > secrets.diff; then
echo "::error::Secrets baseline changed (excluding timestamp)."
cat secrets.diff
rm .secrets.baseline.bak before.cleaned after.cleaned secrets.diff
exit 1
else
echo "✅ No actual secret changes detected."
rm .secrets.baseline.bak before.cleaned after.cleaned secrets.diff
fi