deploy --diff: never diff seeded secret files, redact secret values

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KqhjP7nud5gdBg25zCiRk9

deploy.sh

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #         ./deploy.sh --check [conf]       # validate conf + render all templates, no install
 #         ./deploy.sh --diff [conf]        # what would change in /etc
 #         ./deploy.sh render <file>        # preview a templated file on stdout
+#         ./deploy.sh --redact             # filter stdin, masking secret values (used by --diff; for tests)
 # Idempotent. Netplan (wlan0 + Starlink NIC = NM-managed WANs; eth0 is a LAN
 # port on br0) is NOT deployed here — reference copy in ap/50-van-wan.yaml,
 # applied once manually (apply flaps uplinks). We do check it for drift below.
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ install_rendered() {  # install_rendered <src> <dst> [mode]
     rm -f "$tmp"
 }
 
+redact_secrets() {  # stdin -> stdout; mask values of secret-looking keys, keep key + diff markers
+    sed -E \
+        -e 's/((pass(word|phrase)|secret|token)[A-Za-z_]*[[:space:]]*=).*/\1<redacted>/I' \
+        -e 's/("[A-Za-z_]*(pass(word|phrase)|secret|token|user)[A-Za-z_]*"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*)"[^"]*"/\1"<redacted>"/I'
+}
+
 template_files() {  # every repo file that carries an @TOKEN@ placeholder
     grep -rlE "$TOKEN_RE" --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=__pycache__ --exclude-dir=.superpowers \
         --exclude-dir=docs --exclude-dir=tests --exclude-dir=hosts \
@@ -114,23 +121,29 @@ case "${1:-}" in
                 echo "NEW      $dst"
             elif ! diff -q <(render "$src") "$dst" >/dev/null; then
                 echo "CHANGED  $dst"
-                diff -u "$dst" <(render "$src") | sed 's/^/    /' || true
+                diff -u "$dst" <(render "$src") | redact_secrets | sed 's/^/    /' || true
             fi
         done
         # Also lists plain `install` files and `rm -f` targets — these sections may be
         # flag-gated in the real run, but --diff reports them regardless of the flag.
-        grep -E '^[[:space:]]*install -D -m[0-9]+ +[^" ]+ +/' deploy.sh | while read -r _ _ _ src dst _; do
+        grep -E '^[[:space:]]*install -D -m[0-9]+ +[^" ]+ +/' deploy.sh | while read -r _ _ mode src dst _; do
+            # seed-if-absent secret files (from *.example, or 0600): never diff or print
+            case "$src" in *.example) continue ;; esac
+            [ "$mode" = -m0600 ] && continue
             if [ ! -e "$dst" ]; then
                 echo "NEW      $dst"
             elif ! cmp -s "$src" "$dst"; then
                 echo "CHANGED  $dst"
-                diff -u "$dst" "$src" | sed 's/^/    /' || true
+                diff -u "$dst" "$src" | redact_secrets | sed 's/^/    /' || true
             fi
         done
         grep -E '^[[:space:]]*rm -f +/' deploy.sh | while read -r _ _ path _; do
             [ -e "$path" ] && echo "REMOVE   $path"
         done || true
         exit 0 ;;
+    --redact)   # ./deploy.sh --redact — stdin through redact_secrets (no config, no root)
+        redact_secrets
+        exit 0 ;;
     render)
         [ -n "${2:-}" ] || { echo "Usage: $0 render <file>"; exit 1; }
         load_conf "$VANLINK_CONF"