Comment on SSH Keys on GitHubparentComments−jethro_tell11yI agree with you, but I can't imagine a use case for a secret that's not secret.−mikegirouard11yI believe Vagrant uses (or previously used) an insecure, public keypair[0] to keep things simple.Aside from things like that, I can't see it being a _common_ use case.[0]: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/tree/master/keys−swozey11yThey could be pointing to an environment variable or a number of things. I'm not sure if there's a good way for Github to deal with things like that without affecting at least some users.edit:..I guess they could just validate that it's a key.−benjarrell11yThere probably aren't many, howto and examples come to mind.
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I agree with you, but I can't imagine a use case for a secret that's not secret.
I believe Vagrant uses (or previously used) an insecure, public keypair[0] to keep things simple.
Aside from things like that, I can't see it being a _common_ use case.
[0]: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/tree/master/keys
They could be pointing to an environment variable or a number of things. I'm not sure if there's a good way for Github to deal with things like that without affecting at least some users.
edit:..I guess they could just validate that it's a key.
There probably aren't many, howto and examples come to mind.