diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
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+- id: sops-encryption
+  language: python
+  entry: python3 -m pre_commit_hook_ensure_sops
+  name: Ensure secrets are encrypted with sops
+  # Be aggressive - ensure anything with the word secret in the filename
+  # or file path is encryped. Users of individual repos can exclude things
+  # with `exclude` if necessary.
+  files: .*secret.*
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 # pre-commit-hook-ensure-sops
-pre-commit hook to ensure that files that should be encrypted with sops are
+
+A [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) hook to ensure that users don't
+accidentally check-in unencrypted files into a repository that uses
+[sops](https://github.com/mozilla/sops) to safely store encrypted secrets.
+
+By default, any file with the word `secret` in its path is required to
+be encrypted with `sops`. This means any files under a directory
+named `secret` are also required to be encrypted. If you want to exempt
+specific files or directories from this requirement in your repository,
+use the `exclude` option in your `.pre-commit-config.yaml`. When pushing
+secrets to a repo, better safe than sorry :)
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this to your `.pre-commit-config.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+  - repo: https://github.com/yuvipanda/pre-commit-hook-ensure-sops
+    rev: v1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: sops-encryption
+        # Uncomment to exclude all markdown files from encryption
+        # exclude: *.\.md
+```
diff --git a/pre_commit_hook_ensure_sops/__init__.py b/pre_commit_hook_ensure_sops/__init__.py
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diff --git a/pre_commit_hook_ensure_sops/__main__.py b/pre_commit_hook_ensure_sops/__main__.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Validate if given list of files are encrypted with sops.
+"""
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+from ruamel.yaml.parser import ParserError
+import sys
+
+yaml = YAML(typ='safe')
+
+
+def validate_enc(item):
+    """
+    Validate given item is encrypted.
+
+    All leaf values in a sops encrypted file must be strings that
+    start with ENC[. We iterate through lists and dicts, checking
+    only for leaf strings. Presence of any other data type (like
+    bool, number, etc) also makes the file invalid.
+    """
+
+    if isinstance(item, str):
+        return item.startswith('ENC[')
+    elif isinstance(item, list):
+        return all(validate_enc(i) for i in item)
+    elif isinstance(item, dict):
+        return all(validate_enc(i) for i in item.values())
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def check_file(filename):
+    """
+    Check if a file has been encrypted properly with sops.
+
+    Returns a boolean indicating wether given file is valid or not, as well as
+    a string with a human readable success / failure message.
+    """
+    # sops doesn't have a --verify (https://github.com/mozilla/sops/issues/437)
+    # so we implement some heuristics, primarily to guard against unencrypted
+    # files being checked in.
+    with open(filename) as f:
+        try:
+            # Use the YAML parser to load files. All JSON is valid YAML, so this
+            # properly deals with JSON files too
+            doc = yaml.load(f)
+        except ParserError:
+            # All sops encrypted files are valid JSON or YAML
+            return False, f"{filename}: Not valid JSON or YAML, is not properly encrypted"
+
+    if 'sops' not in doc:
+        # sops puts a `sops` key in the encrypted output. If it is not
+        # present, very likely the file is not encrypted.
+        return False, f"{filename}: sops metadata key not found in file, is not properly encrypted"
+
+    invalid_keys = []
+    for k in doc:
+        if k != 'sops':
+            # Values under the `sops` key are not encrypted.
+            if not validate_enc(doc[k]):
+                # Collect all invalid keys so we can provide useful error message
+                invalid_keys.append(k)
+
+    if invalid_keys:
+        return False, f"{filename}: Unencrypted values found nested under keys: {','.join(invalid_keys)}"
+
+    return True, f"{filename}: Valid encryption"
+
+def main():
+    argparser = ArgumentParser()
+    argparser.add_argument('filenames', nargs='+')
+
+    args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+    failed_messages = []
+
+    for f in args.filenames:
+        is_valid, message = check_file(f)
+
+        if not is_valid:
+            failed_messages.append(message)
+
+    if failed_messages:
+        print('\n'.join(failed_messages))
+        return 1
+
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="pre-commit-hook-ensure-sops",
+    version="0.1",
+    author="Yuvi Panda",
+    author_email="yuvipanda@gmail.com",
+    description="pre-commit hook to ensure that files that should be encrypted with sops are in fact encrypted",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/yuvipanda/pre-commit-hook-ensure-sops",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[
+        "ruamel.yaml",
+    ],
+)