update readme to explain how to handle secrets with git

2022-05-21 02:08:49 +00:00 · 2022-05-21 02:08:49 +00:00 · e0f710b8a3
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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 result
-secrets/*
+/secrets/*
+!/secrets/readme.md
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ query with:
 ```sh
 nix flake show
 ```
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+
+# secrets
+change files in secrets/. they need to be checked into git with some placeholder text for them to be exposed to the flake,
+but after that you can set them to their real value and run `git update-index --assume-unchanged secrets/*`