Let me know if you have any questions. lookingatcomputer.substack.com/p/regex-is-a... is a decent primer on how the secret detection engine works.
Regex is (almost) all you need
How Gitleaks combines regex, entropy, and allowlists to find secrets
lookingatcomputer.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Let me know if you have any questions. lookingatcomputer.substack.com/p/regex-is-a... is a decent primer on how the secret detection engine works.
the default generic rule attempts to balance tp w/ fps. Sorry it's EXTREMELY disappointing. You can run with `--log-level=debug` to see why it didn't detect some of those. Gitleaks has a very easy to use config system where you can tweak the detection behavior.
May 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
the default generic rule attempts to balance tp w/ fps. Sorry it's EXTREMELY disappointing. You can run with `--log-level=debug` to see why it didn't detect some of those. Gitleaks has a very easy to use config system where you can tweak the detection behavior.