git-secret on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "git-secret" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install git-secret on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall git-secret on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "git-secret" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone git-secret's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/git-secret.git 
            
                        
                ~/git-secret
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/git-secret folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/git-secret
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-secret package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1090432
Name: git-secret
PackageBaseID: 111138
PackageBase: git-secret
Version: 0.5.0-1
Description: A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository
URL: https://github.com/sobolevn/git-secret/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.088919
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: rew1red
Submitter: itunali
FirstSubmitted: 1462878161
LastModified: 1654442368
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/git-secret.tar.gz