diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cbe6fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.secrets.yaml diff=sopsdiffer
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a756522..62bf3fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ If the accessing process is not root it must be member of the group `config.user
 for systemd services this can be archived by setting `serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = [ config.users.groups.keys.name ];`
 it the service configuration.
 
+For cleartext diffs configure your local clone with `git config diff.sopsdiffer.textconv "sops decrypt"` (see [Github](https://github.com/getsops/sops?tab=readme-ov-file#showing-diffs-in-cleartext-in-git)).
+
 ## impermanence
 
 These machines are setup with `"/"` as a tmpfs. This is there to keep the machines clean. So no clutter in home
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1724d15..1429838 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -698,11 +698,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_6": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1750506804,
-        "narHash": "sha256-VLFNc4egNjovYVxDGyBYTrvVCgDYgENp5bVi9fPTDYc=",
+        "lastModified": 1750776420,
+        "narHash": "sha256-/CG+w0o0oJ5itVklOoLbdn2dGB0wbZVOoDm4np6w09A=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "4206c4cb56751df534751b058295ea61357bbbaa",
+        "rev": "30a61f056ac492e3b7cdcb69c1e6abdcf00e39cf",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -819,11 +819,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": []
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1749636823,
-        "narHash": "sha256-WUaIlOlPLyPgz9be7fqWJA5iG6rHcGRtLERSCfUDne4=",
+        "lastModified": 1750779888,
+        "narHash": "sha256-wibppH3g/E2lxU43ZQHC5yA/7kIKLGxVEnsnVK1BtRg=",
         "owner": "cachix",
         "repo": "pre-commit-hooks.nix",
-        "rev": "623c56286de5a3193aa38891a6991b28f9bab056",
+        "rev": "16ec914f6fb6f599ce988427d9d94efddf25fe6d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {