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Discussion on: Stop Using .env Files Now!

 
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Ravavyr

If your secrets became public then the env is already irrelevant.
No one gets your secrets from your env unless they've already gotten into your server.
Even the most basic servers have [dot] files blocked from access (or should, i'll admit some don't do it by default)
And yes, if your env got into your repo, changes the passwords and keys and make sure you add it to gitignore so it doesn't happen again.

Either way, the .env file has never been the problem.

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Rense Bakker

If .env is in your repo, it public knowledge. Even if its a private gitlab, nobody keeps track of what secret is where and secrets in repos should therefor always be considered public knowledge.