Security

Branch Protection

Branch protection is a source-hosting setting that restricts who can push to, merge into or rewrite a branch, often requiring reviews or status checks. Owner-level accounts can usually override it.

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Why Deleting a Leaked API Key From Git Is Not Enough

A leaked API key keeps working until the issuer revokes it. Why force-pushing it out of Git fails, and how to revoke, verify and scope the blast radius.

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