'updatekeys' unnecessarily reencrypts the data key with all master keys
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Description
How to add further pgp key to a sops encrypted file, without data key rotation, without changes to other master keys, in non-interactive mode?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the updatekeys command and tracing how it handles PGP master keys. Reproduce the non-interactive case described in the issue, then verify that adding a further key avoids data-key rotation and leaves existing master keys unchanged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100