git-secrets

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "===========\ngit-secrets\n===========\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nPrevents you from committing passwords and other sensitive information to a git repository.\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n.. contents:: :depth: 2\n\nSynopsis\n--------\n\n::\n\n    git secrets --scan [-r|--recursive] [--cached] [--no-index] [--untracked] [\u003cfiles\u003e...]\n    git secrets --scan-history\n    git secrets --install [-f|--force] [\u003ctarget-directory\u003e]\n    git secrets --list [--global]\n    git secrets --add [-a|--allowed] [-l|--literal] [--global] \u003cpattern\u003e\n    git secrets --add-provider [--global] \u003ccommand\u003e [arguments...]\n    git secrets --register-aws [--global]\n    git secrets --aws-provider [\u003ccredentials-file\u003e]\n\n\nDescription\n-----------\n\n``git-secrets`` scans commits, commit messages, and ``--no-ff`` merges to\nprevent adding secrets into your git repositories. If a commit,\ncommit message, or any commit in a ``--no-ff`` merge history matches one of\nyour configured prohibited regular expression patterns, then the commit is\nrejected.\n\n\nInstalling git-secrets\n----------------------\n\n``git-secrets`` must be placed somewhere in your PATH so that it is picked up\nby ``git`` when running ``git secrets``.\n\n\\*nix (Linux/macOS)\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nYou can use the ``install`` target of the provided Makefile to install ``git secrets`` and the man page.\nYou can customize the install path using the PREFIX and MANPREFIX variables.\n\n::\n\n    make install\n\nWindows\n~~~~~~~\n\nRun the provided ``install.ps1`` powershell script. This will copy the needed files\nto an installation directory (``%USERPROFILE%/.git-secrets`` by default) and add\nthe directory to the current user ``PATH``.\n\n::\n\n    PS \u003e ./install.ps1\n\nHomebrew (for macOS users)\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\n::\n\n    brew install git-secrets\n\n.. warning::\n\n    **You\u0027re not done yet! You MUST install the git hooks for every repo that\n    you wis",
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