<i>&gt; Saying you shouldn&#x27;t store it in git seems rather like saying you shouldn&#x27;t store it in btrfs.</i><p>Best practice is to avoid storing secrets in plaintext, or sharing secrets between users&#x2F;roles. Yours isn&#x27;t an argument in favour of git, it is an argument against btrfs.<p>(I don&#x27;t have any problem with storing passwords in that way, I&#x27;m just pointing out why it&#x27;s not the best practice.)