sops

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  "why_use_this": "SOPS lets you version-control and edit secrets safely by encrypting/decrypting on the fly without exposing plaintext to your editor. It integrates with cloud KMS (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern age encryption, making it ideal for GitOps workflows where secrets need to stay encrypted at rest but readable in CI/CD pipelines."
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