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Improve Gitleaks configuration handling in workflow #9

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Update Gitleaks configuration handling in workflow
hel-isa Mar 28, 2026
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Refactor Gitleaks config creation and findings count
hel-isa Mar 28, 2026
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114 changes: 51 additions & 63 deletions .github/workflows/reusable-secrets.yml
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ permissions:
jobs:
secrets:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v4
Expand All @@ -40,72 +41,59 @@ jobs:

if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
echo "Config file not found at $CONFIG_PATH. Creating a default Gitleaks config."

mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CONFIG_PATH")"

cat > "$CONFIG_PATH" <<'EOF'
title = "Default Gitleaks Config"

[extend]
useDefault = true

[allowlist]
description = "Global allowlist"
paths = [
'''(^|/)node_modules(/|$)''',
'''(^|/)dist(/|$)''',
'''(^|/)build(/|$)''',
'''(^|/)\.git(/|$)''',
'''(^|/)reports(/|$)'''
]
EOF
else
echo "Using existing Gitleaks config at $CONFIG_PATH"
fi

- name: Run Gitleaks
id: gitleaks
run: |
set -euo pipefail
mkdir -p reports

set +e
gitleaks detect \
--source . \
--report-format json \
--report-path reports/gitleaks-report.json \
--config "${{ inputs.config_path }}"
EXIT_CODE=$?
set -e

if [ ! -f reports/gitleaks-report.json ]; then
echo '[]' > reports/gitleaks-report.json
fi

FINDINGS_COUNT=$(python - <<'PY'
import json
from pathlib import Path

path = Path("reports/gitleaks-report.json")
try:
data = json.loads(path.read_text())
print(len(data) if isinstance(data, list) else 0)
except Exception:
print(0)
PY
)

echo "findings_count=${FINDINGS_COUNT}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

if [ "${{ inputs.fail_on_findings }}" = "true" ] && [ "$FINDINGS_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Gitleaks found ${FINDINGS_COUNT} potential secrets."
exit 1
fi
printf "%s\n" \
"title = \"Default Gitleaks Config\"" \
"" \
"[extend]" \
"useDefault = true" \
"" \
"[allowlist]" \
"description = \"Global allowlist\"" \
"paths = [" \
" '''(^|/)node_modules(/|$)'''," \
" '''(^|/)dist(/|$)'''," \
" '''(^|/)build(/|$)'''," \
" '''(^|/)\\.git(/|$)'''," \
" '''(^|/)reports(/|$)'''" \
"]" > "$CONFIG_PATH"
else
echo "Using existing Gitleaks config at $CONFIG_PATH"
fi

- name: Run Gitleaks
id: gitleaks
run: |
set -euo pipefail
mkdir -p reports

set +e
gitleaks detect \
--source . \
--report-format json \
--report-path reports/gitleaks-report.json \
--config "${{ inputs.config_path }}"
EXIT_CODE=$?
set -e

if [ ! -f reports/gitleaks-report.json ]; then
echo '[]' > reports/gitleaks-report.json
fi

FINDINGS_COUNT=$(jq 'if type=="array" then length else 0 end' reports/gitleaks-report.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)

if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -ne 0 ] && [ "$FINDINGS_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Gitleaks exited with code $EXIT_CODE but no findings were parsed."
exit "$EXIT_CODE"
fi
echo "findings_count=${FINDINGS_COUNT}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

if [ "${{ inputs.fail_on_findings }}" = "true" ] && [ "$FINDINGS_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Gitleaks found ${FINDINGS_COUNT} potential secrets."
exit 1
fi

if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -ne 0 ] && [ "$FINDINGS_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Gitleaks exited with code $EXIT_CODE but no findings were parsed."
exit "$EXIT_CODE"
fi

- name: Upload Gitleaks report
if: always()
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