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Configuration in Mega-Linter

Variable Description Default value
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_FILE_EXTENSIONS Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all files
Ex: [".py", ""]		 Exclude every file
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_FILE_NAMES_REGEX File name regex filters. Regular expression list for filtering files by their base names using regex full match. Empty list includes all files
Ex: ["Dockerfile(-.+)?", "Jenkinsfile"]		 Include every file
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_PRE_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run before the linter None
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_POST_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run after the linter None
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_CONFIG_FILE secretlint configuration file name
Use LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it		 .secretlintrc.json
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then Mega-Linter default rules
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false
CREDENTIALS_SECRETLINT_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN Maximum number of errors allowed 0

Mega-Linter Flavours

This linter is available in the following flavours

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default Mega-Linter Flavor 93 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dart Optimized for DART based projects 40 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
documentation Mega-Linter for documentation projects 39 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dotnet Optimized for C, C++, C# or VB based projects 46 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
go Optimized for GO based projects 41 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
java Optimized for JAVA based projects 41 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
javascript Optimized for JAVASCRIPT or TYPESCRIPT based projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
php Optimized for PHP based projects 43 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
python Optimized for PYTHON based projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
ruby Optimized for RUBY based projects 40 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
rust Optimized for RUST based projects 40 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
salesforce Optimized for Salesforce based projects 42 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
scala Optimized for SCALA based projects 40 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
swift Optimized for SWIFT based projects 40 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
terraform Optimized for TERRAFORM based projects 44 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • If this linter is active, all files will always be linted

How the linting is performed

secretlint is called once on the whole project directory

  • filtering can not be done using Mega-Linter configuration variables,it must be done using secretlint configuration or ignore file (if existing)
  • VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false does not make secretlint analyze only updated files

Example calls

secretlint "*/**"

secretlint --secretlintrc .secretlintrc.json "**/*"

Help content


  Secretlint CLI that scan secret/credential data.

  Usage
    $ secretlint [file|glob*]

  Note
    supported glob syntax is based on microglob
    https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch#matching-features

  Options
    --init             setup config file. Create .secretlintrc.json file from your package.json
    --format           [String] formatter name. Default: "stylish". Available Formatter: checkstyle, compact, jslint-xml, json, junit, pretty-error, stylish, tap, unix, table.d, table
    --output           [path:String] output file path that is written of reported result.
    --no-color         disable ANSI-color of output.
    --no-terminalLink  disable terminalLink of output.
    --maskSecrets      enable masking of secret values. replace actual secrets with "***".
    --secretlintrc     [path:String] path to .secretlintrc config file. Default: .secretlintrc.*
    --secretlintignore [path:String] path to .secretlintignore file. Default: .secretlintignore

  Options for Developer
    --profile          Enable performance profile.
    --secretlintrcJSON [String] a JSON string of .secretlintrc. use JSON string instead of rc file.

  Experimental Options
    --locale            [String] locale tag for translating message. Default: en

  Examples
    $ secretlint ./README.md
    # glob pattern should be wrapped with double quote
    $ secretlint "**/*"
    $ secretlint "source/**/*.ini"

Installation on mega-linter Docker image