How To Install git-secrets on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secrets on Debian 12.
What is git-secrets
git-secrets is:
git-secrets scans commits, commit messages, and –no-ff merges to prevent adding secrets into your git repositories. If a commit, commit message, or any commit in a –no-ff merge history matches one of your configured prohibited regular expression patterns, then the commit is rejected.
There are three methods to install git-secrets on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install git-secrets Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-secrets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-secrets
Install git-secrets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-secrets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-secrets
Install git-secrets Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install git-secrets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-secrets
How To Uninstall git-secrets on Debian 12
To uninstall only the git-secrets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-secrets
Uninstall git-secrets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-secrets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-secrets
Remove git-secrets Configurations and Data
To remove git-secrets configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-secrets
Remove git-secrets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-secrets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-secrets
Dependencies
git-secrets have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secrets package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
