Comment by phire

If you are working in a team, maybe. Though you are probably better off making sure any files containing keys are already explicitly listed in .gitignore

Plus, it's not the worst idea to exercise your "whoops we leaked our secrets" procedures. You do have procedures, right?

But I'm a little worried that solo developers might follow this device. And then not notice for weeks or months, losing large amounts of git history in the best case; Or potentially massive amounts of actual work if their original development folder is gone.