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Grant Access Current User Email

Use 'git secret tell -m' to grant access to the current user's email for git-secret.

$
Terminal
git secret tell -m

When To Use

Granting access to a user for sensitive data in git-secret.

Terminal Output

Expected runtime feedback

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Output
User's email granted access to git-secret.

You can now share secrets with this user.

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

git
Base Command
The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Git before the shell applies any redirect operators.
-m
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

How To Run

Execution path

  1. Step 1

    Run the command 'git secret tell -m' in your repository.

  2. Step 2

    Confirm that the current user's email is granted access.

  3. Step 3

    Share secrets with the user as needed.

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