secret-scrub: scheduled runner also audits .git/config (fourth pathway) - #4
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The scheduled launchd/systemd timer now runs TWO passes per fire on
the configured repos:
1. --working-trees — redact secrets in uncommitted/untracked files
2. --git-configs — REPORT embedded .git/config credentials
Pass 2 is detect-only: a background job silently rewriting git auth
(stripping a token → credential-helper fallback) would be a surprising
side effect, so it only logs the finding and leaves the deliberate
--fix to the operator. rc=1 from the detect pass is swallowed
('|| true') so a found-credential doesn't mark the whole cron job
failed — the log report is the signal.
Effect: once the working-trees timer is installed, ALL four leak
pathways are continuously monitored from one job, not just three.
Reuses the existing repo list (~/.config/secret-scrub/working-trees.txt);
no new config. Bash 3.2 compatible (exec → sequential calls).
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Closes the loop on the .git/config leak pathway for installed scrubbers. The working-trees launchd/systemd timer now runs two passes per fire:
--working-trees— redact secrets in uncommitted/untracked files (existing)--git-configs— report embedded.git/configcredentials (new, detect-only)Why detect-only for pass 2
A background job silently rewriting your git auth (token → credential-helper fallback) would be a surprising side effect mid-work. So it logs the finding; you run
--fixdeliberately. The detect pass'src=1is swallowed with|| trueso the whole cron job doesn't go red — the log report is the signal.Effect
Once the working-trees timer is installed, all four leak pathways (sessions, staged, working-trees, git-configs) are continuously monitored from one job. Reuses
~/.config/secret-scrub/working-trees.txt— no new config.Generated with Claude Code