Stop pushing your API keys to GitHub by Microsoft SSE

Stop pushing your API keys to GitHub 🔐

❌ How beginners handle .env files:
— git add . with .env included
— Add .gitignore AFTER the first commit
— Think the secret is gone because it's now ignored
— Never check git history

✅ What pros actually do:
— .gitignore BEFORE the first commit — always
— git rm --cached .env to untrack without deleting
— Commit a .env.example with placeholder values
— Run git log to check if secrets ever leaked
— Rotate EVERY exposed key immediately

.gitignore doesn't rewrite history. Your secrets are still in every commit.

Which one have you been doing? Be honest 👇

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