pre-commit hook scans working directory instead of staging area? about git-secrets HOT 3 CLOSED

That's true; because pre-commit passes in a list of files, the scan for pre-commit scans the working directory. If the staged files drift from the working directory, then the scan wouldn't catch violations in the staged files.

I've opened a pull request that addresses this issue. Could you give that a look and let me know what you think? #13

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Hi @mtdowling, thanks for your response. Your solution #13 looks fine!

We solved the problem in a slightly different way by adding a new method --scan-cached (https://github.com/AutoScout24/git-secrets/blob/master/git-secrets). But I prefer your solution.

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Great. Thanks for taking a look.

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