Every tutorial tells you to add .env to .gitignore. That's not enough.
The article discusses the limitations of using .gitignore to protect sensitive information in development projects. It introduces dotlock, a tool designed to encrypt environment variables, ensuring they are not stored in plaintext. The author explains how dotlock works and its benefits for managing local secrets securely.
- ▪.gitignore only hides secrets from git but does not encrypt them.
- ▪Dotlock is an encrypted .env vault that uses advanced encryption methods.
- ▪The tool features a terminal UI that allows users to manage secrets securely and switch between different profiles.
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