0 to 5 - notes on recursive decoding (#1994)

cmd/root.go

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("no-banner", false, "suppress banner")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSlice("enable-rule", []string{}, "only enable specific rules by id")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("gitleaks-ignore-path", "i", ".", "path to .gitleaksignore file or folder containing one")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("max-decode-depth", 0, "allow recursive decoding up to this depth (default \"0\", no decoding is done)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("max-decode-depth", 5, "allow recursive decoding up to this depth")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("max-archive-depth", 0, "allow scanning into nested archives up to this depth (default \"0\", no archive traversal is done)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Int("timeout", 0, "set a timeout for gitleaks commands in seconds (default \"0\", no timeout is set)")