Organizations with GitHub Advanced Security can enable the secret scanning push protection feature at both repository and organization levels via the API or with just one click from the user ...

GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the vast majority remaining valid after five days.

Not a standard. It’s worth noting that unlike the .gitignore file or the .git folder, the .gitkeep file is not part of the Git tool, the Git standard or any Git API.It’s kind of like the hidden menu ...