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Re:Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore by pcthrowaway on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:06AM (#31423718)
I mean this doesn't really leak anything; passwords are usually stored in `.env` files anyway
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Re:Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore by naavis on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:07PM (#31424453)
It's not exactly best practice to store passwords in version control.
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Re:Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore by pcthrowaway on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:35PM (#31424802)
yes I'm aware.. this is why .env should always be in .gitignore
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