diff --git a/cmd/lazysecrets/main.go b/cmd/lazysecrets/main.go
index 38afd40..23a50db 100644
--- a/cmd/lazysecrets/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lazysecrets/main.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Flags:
 			if start == "" {
 				start, _ = os.Getwd()
 			}
-			roots := []string{"~/git"}
+			roots := repo.DefaultRoots
 			if pc.Repos.Roots != nil {
 				roots = *pc.Repos.Roots
 			}
diff --git a/docs/repos.md b/docs/repos.md
index d8ec9d0..68c9790 100644
--- a/docs/repos.md
+++ b/docs/repos.md
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ lazysecrets shows git repositories under **Repos**: their
 
 ## Which repos
 
-**Repos** lists every repo with secret files under the `roots` (`~/git`
-by default; one or two levels down, `repo` or `org/repo`), any listed in
-`paths`, and any you starred something in (the repo, a file or a key),
-wherever it is. They're checked in the background.
+**Repos** lists every repo with secret files under the `roots` (by
+default whichever of `~/git`, `~/repo`, `~/repos`, `~/projects`, `~/code`,
+`~/source` and `~/src` exist; one or two levels down, `repo` or
+`org/repo`), any listed in `paths`, and any you starred something in
+(the repo, a file or a key), wherever it is. They're checked in the background.
 
 Started inside a repo, that repo gets a row of its own at the top,
 `Repo · <name>`, and lazysecrets opens on it, with the files under the
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ Folders of dependencies and caches are never looked in, tracked or not:
 ```yaml
 providers:
   repos:
-    roots: [~/git]                             # folders of repos (the default; [] turns it off)
+    roots: [~/git]                             # folders of repos (replaces the defaults; [] turns it off)
     paths: [~/work/infra]                      # single repos elsewhere
     include: ["secrets/**", "**/*.sops.yaml"]  # globs from the repo root; ** for any depth
     exclude: ["**/testdata/**"]
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index d44885c..e8a59df 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ type Repos struct {
 	// Enabled defaults to true.
 	Enabled *bool    `yaml:"enabled"`
 	Paths   []string `yaml:"paths"`
-	// Roots are folders of repos. Defaults to ~/git; an empty list
-	// turns it off.
+	// Roots are folders of repos. Defaults to repo.DefaultRoots (~/git,
+	// ~/src, ~/code and the like); an empty list turns it off.
 	Roots *[]string `yaml:"roots"`
 	// Include and Exclude are globs relative to a repo's root (** for any
 	// depth), for repos without their own .lazysecrets.yaml. Without them,
diff --git a/internal/provider/repo/repo.go b/internal/provider/repo/repo.go
index 1f53ad7..d9261eb 100644
--- a/internal/provider/repo/repo.go
+++ b/internal/provider/repo/repo.go
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ type repoInfo struct {
 	here   bool   // the repo lazysecrets started in
 }
 
+// DefaultRoots are the usual folders of repos, used when the config
+// doesn't set roots. Ones that don't exist cost a stat each.
+var DefaultRoots = []string{"~/git", "~/repo", "~/repos", "~/projects", "~/code", "~/source", "~/src"}
+
 func New(s Settings) *Provider {
 	if s.Sops == "" {
 		s.Sops = "sops"
@@ -116,10 +120,18 @@ func (p *Provider) load() {
 			}
 			add(root)
 		}
+		// Missing roots are skipped (most of the defaults are), and one
+		// that's a symlink to another is scanned once.
+		scanned := map[string]bool{}
 		for _, dir := range p.s.Roots {
-			base, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(expandHome(dir))
-			for _, root := range reposIn(expandHome(dir), 2) {
-				if name, err := filepath.Rel(base, root); err == nil && !strings.HasPrefix(name, "..") {
+			base, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(expandHome(dir))
+			if err != nil || scanned[base] {
+				continue
+			}
+			scanned[base] = true
+			for _, root := range reposIn(base, 2) {
+				// A repo under two roots keeps the first one's name.
+				if name, err := filepath.Rel(base, root); err == nil && !strings.HasPrefix(name, "..") && names[root] == "" {
 					names[root] = filepath.ToSlash(name)
 				}
 				add(root)
diff --git a/internal/provider/repo/repo_test.go b/internal/provider/repo/repo_test.go
index 55b11dd..e22001a 100644
--- a/internal/provider/repo/repo_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/repo/repo_test.go
@@ -336,6 +336,30 @@ func TestRoots(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRootsDeduped(t *testing.T) {
+	root, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(t.TempDir())
+	os.Rename(gitRepo(t, map[string]string{"secrets/a.yaml": sopsYAML}), filepath.Join(root, "infra"))
+	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(root, "acme"), 0o755)
+	os.Rename(gitRepo(t, map[string]string{"prod.env": sopsEnv}), filepath.Join(root, "acme", "billing"))
+
+	// ~/src → ~/git, and a root reaching one repo at another depth.
+	links := t.TempDir()
+	alias := filepath.Join(links, "src")
+	os.Symlink(root, alias)
+	missing := filepath.Join(links, "nope")
+	acme := filepath.Join(root, "acme")
+
+	srcs, err := New(Settings{Dir: links, Roots: []string{missing, root, alias, acme}}).Sources(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	got := names(srcs, func(s provider.Source) string { return s.Name })
+	slices.Sort(got)
+	if !slices.Equal(got, []string{"acme/billing", "infra"}) {
+		t.Errorf("repos: %v, want each once, named from the first root", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStarredReposAlongside(t *testing.T) {
 	here := gitRepo(t, map[string]string{"secrets/a.yaml": sopsYAML})
 	starred := gitRepo(t, map[string]string{"prod.env": sopsEnv})