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Keep your secrets out of your source code

Protect your secrets and clean up if you accidentally over share

Posted on July 20, 2021

Problem

We accidentally committed our secrets (password or secret key) to GitHub

Solution

  1. Prevent secrets from being committed: avoid accidental commits
  2. Clean up: Either use BFG or see other methods to remove sensitive data using
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