Added option to specify .gitleaksignore path (#1179)

cmd/detect.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func init() {
 	detectCmd.Flags().Bool("no-git", false, "treat git repo as a regular directory and scan those files, --log-opts has no effect on the scan when --no-git is set")
 	detectCmd.Flags().Bool("pipe", false, "scan input from stdin, ex: `cat some_file | gitleaks detect --pipe`")
 	detectCmd.Flags().Bool("follow-symlinks", false, "scan files that are symlinks to other files")
-
+	detectCmd.Flags().StringP("gitleaks-ignore-path","i",".","path to .gitleaksignore file or folder containing one")
 }
 
 var detectCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ func runDetect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("")
 	}
 
+	gitleaksIgnorePath, err:= cmd.Flags().GetString("gitleaks-ignore-path")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not get .gitleaksignore path")
+	}
+
+	if fileExists(gitleaksIgnorePath) {
+		if err = detector.AddGitleaksIgnore(gitleaksIgnorePath); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call AddGitleaksIgnore")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if fileExists(filepath.Join(gitleaksIgnorePath, ".gitleaksignore")) {
+		if err = detector.AddGitleaksIgnore(filepath.Join(gitleaksIgnorePath, ".gitleaksignore")); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call AddGitleaksIgnore")
+		}
+	}
+
 	if fileExists(filepath.Join(source, ".gitleaksignore")) {
 		if err = detector.AddGitleaksIgnore(filepath.Join(source, ".gitleaksignore")); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call AddGitleaksIgnore")

cmd/protect.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	protectCmd.Flags().Bool("staged", false, "detect secrets in a --staged state")
 	protectCmd.Flags().String("log-opts", "", "git log options")
+	protectCmd.Flags().StringP("gitleaks-ignore-path","i",".","path to .gitleaksignore file or folder containing one")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(protectCmd)
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +75,23 @@ func runProtect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("")
 	}
 
+	gitleaksIgnorePath, err:= cmd.Flags().GetString("gitleaks-ignore-path")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not get .gitleaksignore path")
+	}
+
+	if fileExists(gitleaksIgnorePath) {
+		if err = detector.AddGitleaksIgnore(gitleaksIgnorePath); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call AddGitleaksIgnore")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if fileExists(filepath.Join(gitleaksIgnorePath, ".gitleaksignore")) {
+		if err = detector.AddGitleaksIgnore(filepath.Join(gitleaksIgnorePath, ".gitleaksignore")); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call AddGitleaksIgnore")
+		}
+	}
+
 	if fileExists(filepath.Join(source, ".gitleaksignore")) {
 		if err = detector.AddGitleaksIgnore(filepath.Join(source, ".gitleaksignore")); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call AddGitleaksIgnore")