// The `detect` and `protect` command is now deprecated. Here are some equivalent commands // to help guide you. // OLD CMD: gitleaks detect --source={repo} // NEW CMD: gitleaks git {repo} // OLD CMD: gitleaks protect --source={repo} // NEW CMD: gitleaks git --pre-commit {repo} // OLD CMD: gitleaks protect --staged --source={repo} // NEW CMD: gitleaks git --pre-commit --staged {repo} // OLD CMD: gitleaks detect --no-git --source={repo} // NEW CMD: gitleaks directory {directory/file} // OLD CMD: gitleaks detect --no-git --pipe // NEW CMD: gitleaks stdin package cmd import ( "os" "time" "github.com/spf13/cobra" "github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/logging" "github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/report" "github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/sources" ) func init() { rootCmd.AddCommand(detectCmd) 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("source", "s", ".", "path to source") detectCmd.Flags().String("log-opts", "", "git log options") } var detectCmd = &cobra.Command{ Use: "detect", Short: "detect secrets in code", Run: runDetect, Hidden: true, } func runDetect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { source, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("source") if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not get source") } initConfig(source) var findings []report.Finding // setup config (aka, the thing that defines rules) cfg := Config(cmd) // start timer start := time.Now() detector := Detector(cmd, cfg, source) // set follow symlinks flag if detector.FollowSymlinks, err = cmd.Flags().GetBool("follow-symlinks"); err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("") } // set exit code exitCode, err := cmd.Flags().GetInt("exit-code") if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not get exit code") } // determine what type of scan: // - git: scan the history of the repo // - no-git: scan files by treating the repo as a plain directory noGit, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("no-git") if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call GetBool() for no-git") } fromPipe, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("pipe") if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call GetBool() for pipe") } // start the detector scan if noGit { var paths <-chan sources.ScanTarget paths, err = sources.DirectoryTargets( source, detector.Sema, detector.FollowSymlinks, detector.Config.Allowlist.PathAllowed, ) if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err) } findings, err = detector.DetectFiles(paths) if err != nil { // don't exit on error, just log it logging.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed scan directory") } } else if fromPipe { findings, err = detector.DetectReader(os.Stdin, 10) if err != nil { // log fatal to exit, no need to continue since a report // will not be generated when scanning from a pipe...for now logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed scan input from stdin") } } else { var ( gitCmd *sources.GitCmd logOpts string ) logOpts, err = cmd.Flags().GetString("log-opts") if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not call GetString() for log-opts") } gitCmd, err = sources.NewGitLogCmd(source, logOpts) if err != nil { logging.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not create Git cmd") } findings, err = detector.DetectGit(gitCmd) if err != nil { // don't exit on error, just log it logging.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed to scan Git repository") } } findingSummaryAndExit(detector, findings, exitCode, start, err) }