GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code.

GitHub's secret scanning alerts are available on all public repositories, and its push protection is now offered for custom secret patterns.

The “force push” command of the Git open-source software, which is at the core of GitHub, can force the software to overwrite existing code irrevocably.

On April 4, the Microsoft-owned code repository said the GitHub Advanced Security suite has now been upgraded with a new push protection feature to prevent the leak of secrets that could ...

GitHub has transformed from a simple code repository to a comprehensive toolkit that supports every phase of the software development lifecycle.