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+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## {Next Version}
 
+### Bugfixes
+
+- Don't let reveal clobber secret files (#579)
+
 ### Misc
 
 - Reflect changes in ruby bundler during build process
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@@ -5,52 +5,115 @@ git-secret - bash tool to store private data inside a git repo.
 
 These steps cover the basic process of using `git-secret`:
 
-0. Before starting, make sure you have created `gpg` RSA key-pair: public and secret key identified by your email address.
+0. Before starting, [make sure you have created `gpg` RSA key-pair](#using-gpg): public and secret key identified by your email address.
 
-1. Begin with an existing or new git repository. You'll use the 'git secret' commands to add the keyrings and information 
+1. Begin with an existing or new git repository. You'll use the 'git secret' commands to add the keyrings and information
 to make the git-secret hide and reveal files in this repository.
 
-2. Initialize the `git-secret` repository by running `git secret init` command. the `.gitsecret/` folder will be created, 
-**Note** all the contents of the `.gitsecret/` folder should be checked in, /except/ the `random_seed` file. 
+2. Initialize the `git-secret` repository by running `git secret init` command. the `.gitsecret/` folder will be created,
+**Note** all the contents of the `.gitsecret/` folder should be checked in, /except/ the `random_seed` file.
 In other words, of the files in .gitsecret, only the random_seed file should be mentioned in your .gitignore file.
 
 3. Add the first user to the git-secret repo keyring by running `git secret tell your@gpg.email`.
 
-4. Now it's time to add files you wish to encrypt inside the `git-secret` repository. 
-It can be done by running `git secret add <filenames...>` command. Make sure these files are ignored by mentions in 
+4. Now it's time to add files you wish to encrypt inside the `git-secret` repository.
+It can be done by running `git secret add <filenames...>` command. Make sure these files are ignored by mentions in
 .gitignore, otherwise `git-secret` won't allow you to add them, as these files could be stored unencrypted.
 
-5. When done, run `git secret hide` to encrypt all files which you have added by the `git secret add` command.  
-The data will be encrypted with the public-keys described by the `git secret tell` command. 
-After using `git secret hide` to encrypt your data, it is safe to commit your changes. 
+5. When done, run `git secret hide` to encrypt all files which you have added by the `git secret add` command.
+The data will be encrypted with the public-keys described by the `git secret tell` command.
+After using `git secret hide` to encrypt your data, it is safe to commit your changes.
 **NOTE:**. It's recommended to add `git secret hide` command to your `pre-commit` hook, so you won't miss any changes.
 
-6. Later you can decrypt files with the `git secret reveal` command, or just show their contents to stdout with the 
-`git secret cat` command. If you used a password on your GPG key (always recommended), it will ask you for your password. 
+6. Later you can decrypt files with the `git secret reveal` command, or just show their contents to stdout with the
+`git secret cat` command. If you used a password on your GPG key (always recommended), it will ask you for your password.
 And you're done!
 
 ### Usage: Adding someone to a repository using git-secret
 
-1. Get their `gpg` public-key. **You won't need their secret key.**
+1. [Get their `gpg` public-key](#using-gpg). **You won't need their secret key.**
 
 2. Import this key into your `gpg` setup (in ~/.gnupg or similar) by running `gpg --import KEY_NAME.txt`
 
-3. Now add this person to your secrets repo by running `git secret tell persons@email.id` 
+3. Now add this person to your secrets repo by running `git secret tell persons@email.id`
 (this will be the email address associated with the public key)
 
-4. The newly added user cannot yet read the encrypted files. Now, re-encrypt the files using 
-`git secret reveal; git secret hide -d`, and then commit and push the newly encrypted files. 
-(The -d options deletes the unencrypted file after re-encrypting it). 
+4. The newly added user cannot yet read the encrypted files. Now, re-encrypt the files using
+`git secret reveal; git secret hide -d`, and then commit and push the newly encrypted files.
+(The -d options deletes the unencrypted file after re-encrypting it).
 Now the newly added user be able to decrypt the files in the repo using `git-secret`.
 
-Note that it is possible to add yourself to the git-secret repo without decrypting existing files. 
-It will be possible to decrypt them after re-encrypting them with the new keyring. So, if you don't 
+Note that it is possible to add yourself to the git-secret repo without decrypting existing files.
+It will be possible to decrypt them after re-encrypting them with the new keyring. So, if you don't
 want unexpected keys added, you can configure some server-side security policy with the `pre-receive` hook.
 
+### Using gpg
+
+You can follow a quick gpg tutorial at https://www.devdungeon.com/content/gpg-tutorial. Here are the most useful commands to get started:
+
+To generate a RSA key-pair, run:
+
+```shell
+gpg --gen-key
+```
+
+To export your public key, run:
+
+```shell
+gpg --export your.email@address.com --armor > public-key.gpg
+```
+
+To import the public key of someone else (to share the secret with them for instance), run:
+
+```shell
+gpg --import public-key.gpg
+```
+
+Be sure to use a secure channel to share your public key!
+
+### Using git-secret for Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
+
+When using git-secret for CI/CD, you get the benefit that any deployment is necessarily done with the correct configuration, since it is collocated
+with the changes in your code.
+
+One way of doing it is the following:
+
+1. [create a gpg key](#using-gpg) for your CI/CD environment. You can chose any name and email address you want: for instance `MyApp CodeShip <myapp@codeship.com>`
+if your app is called MyApp and your CI/CD provider is CodeShip. It is easier not to define a password for that key.
+2. run `gpg --export-secret-key myapp@codeship.com --armor` to get your private key value
+3. Create an env var on your CI/CD server `GPG_PRIVATE_KEY` and assign it the private key value.
+4. Then write your Continuous Deployment build script. For instance:
+
+```shell
+# Install git-secret (https://git-secret.io/installation), for instance, for debian:
+echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sobolevn/deb git-secret main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+wget -qO - https://api.bintray.com/users/sobolevn/keys/gpg/public.key | sudo apt-key add -
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git-secret
+# Create private key file
+echo $GPG_PRIVATE_KEY > ./private_key.gpg
+# Import private key
+gpg --import ./private_key.gpg
+# Reveal secrets
+git secret reveal
+# carry on with your build script, secret files are available ...
+```
+
+Note: your CI/CD might not allow you to create a multiline value. In that case, you can export it on one line with
+
+```shell
+gpg --export-secret-key myapp@codeship.com --armor | tr '\n' ','
+```
+
+You can then create your private key file with:
+
+```shell
+echo $GPG_PRIVATE_KEY | tr ',' '\n' > ./private_key.gpg
+```
+
 ## Environment Variables and Configuration
 
-You can configure the version of gpg used, or the extension your encrypted files use, to suit your workflow better. 
-To do so, just set the required variable to the value you need. 
+You can configure the version of gpg used, or the extension your encrypted files use, to suit your workflow better.
+To do so, just set the required variable to the value you need.
 This can be done in your shell environment file or with each `git-secret` command.
 
 The settings available to be changed are:
@@ -58,35 +121,35 @@ The settings available to be changed are:
 * `$SECRETS_VERBOSE` - sets the verbose flag to on for all `git-secret` commands; is identical
 to using `-v` on each command that supports it.
 
-* `$SECRETS_GPG_COMMAND` - sets the `gpg` alternatives, defaults to `gpg`. 
-It can be changed to `gpg`, `gpg2`, `pgp`, `/usr/local/gpg` or any other value. 
+* `$SECRETS_GPG_COMMAND` - sets the `gpg` alternatives, defaults to `gpg`.
+It can be changed to `gpg`, `gpg2`, `pgp`, `/usr/local/gpg` or any other value.
 After doing so rerun the tests to be sure that it won't break anything. Tested to be working with: `gpg`, `gpg2`.
 
 * `$SECRETS_EXTENSION` - sets the secret files extension, defaults to `.secret`. It can be changed to any valid file extension.
 
-* `$SECRETS_DIR` - sets the directory where git-secret stores its files, defaults to .gitsecret. 
+* `$SECRETS_DIR` - sets the directory where git-secret stores its files, defaults to .gitsecret.
 It can be changed to any valid directory name.
 
-* `$SECRETS_PINENTRY` - allows user to specify a setting for `gpg`'s --pinentry option. 
+* `$SECRETS_PINENTRY` - allows user to specify a setting for `gpg`'s --pinentry option.
 See `gpg` docs for details about gpg's --pinentry option.
 
 ## The `.gitsecret` folder (can be overridden with SECRETS_DIR)
 
-This folder contains information about the files encrypted by git-secret, 
-and about which public/private key sets can access the encrypted data. 
+This folder contains information about the files encrypted by git-secret,
+and about which public/private key sets can access the encrypted data.
 
 You can change the name of this directory using the SECRETS_DIR environment variable.
 
-Use the various 'git secret' commands to manipulate the files in `.gitsecret`, 
+Use the various 'git secret' commands to manipulate the files in `.gitsecret`,
 you should not change the data in these files directly.
 
 Exactly which files exist in the `.gitsecret` folder and what their contents are
 vary slightly across different versions of gpg. Thus it is best to use
-git-secret with the same version of gpg being used by all users. 
+git-secret with the same version of gpg being used by all users.
 This can be forced using SECRETS_GPG_COMMAND environment variable.
 
 Specifically, there is an issue between gpg version 2.1.20 and later versions
-which can cause problems reading and writing keyring files between systems 
+which can cause problems reading and writing keyring files between systems
 (this shows up in errors like 'gpg: skipped packet of type 12 in keybox').
 
 The git-secret internal data is separated into two directories:
@@ -100,9 +163,9 @@ All the other internal data is stored in the directory:
 
 ### `.gitsecret/keys`
 
-This directory contains data used by git-secret and PGP to allow and maintain the correct encryption and access rights for the permitted parties. 
+This directory contains data used by git-secret and PGP to allow and maintain the correct encryption and access rights for the permitted parties.
 
-Generally speaking, all the files in this directory *except* `random_seed` should be checked into your repo.  
+Generally speaking, all the files in this directory *except* `random_seed` should be checked into your repo.
 By default, `git secret init` will add the file `.gitsecret/keys/random_seed` to your .gitignore file.
 
 Again, you can change the name of this directory using the SECRETS_DIR environment variable.
diff --git a/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh b/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh
index 572f64e9..0a0808ba 100644
--- a/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh
+++ b/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ function reveal {
     filename=$(_get_record_filename "$line")
     path=$(_append_root_path "$filename")
 
+    if [[ "$filename" == *"$SECRETS_EXTENSION" ]]; then
+      _abort "cannot decrypt to secret version of file: $filename"
+    fi
+
     # The parameters are: filename, write-to-file, force, homedir, passphrase, error_ok
     _decrypt "$path" "1" "$force" "$homedir" "$passphrase" "$force_continue"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_reveal.bats b/tests/test_reveal.bats
index f8f8cb2f..a45a3e25 100644
--- a/tests/test_reveal.bats
+++ b/tests/test_reveal.bats
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ function teardown {
   [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
 }
 
+@test "run 'reveal' on secret version of file" {
+  local password=$(test_user_password "$TEST_DEFAULT_USER")
+  run git secret reveal -d "$TEST_GPG_HOMEDIR" -p "$password" "$FILE_TO_HIDE$SECRETS_EXTENSION"
+  [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+}
+
 @test "run 'reveal' with '-f'" {
   rm "$FILE_TO_HIDE"