How To Install git-secret on CentOS 8

git-secret is A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secret on CentOS 8.

What is git-secret

git-secret is a bash tool which stores private data inside a git repository. It encrypts tracked files with public keys for users whom you trust using GPG, allowing permitted users to access encrypted data using their secret keys.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-secret on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-secret.

Install git-secret on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install git-secret using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-secret

Install git-secret on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install git-secret using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-secret

How To Uninstall git-secret on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the git-secret package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-secret

git-secret Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/git-secret
/usr/share/licenses/git-secret
/usr/share/licenses/git-secret/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-add.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-changes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-clean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-hide.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-killperson.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-remove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-reveal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-tell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-usage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-whoknows.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/git-secret.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secret on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.