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5th April 2026

Release scan-for-secrets 0.2 — Scan for secrets in files you plan to share

CLI tool now streams results as they are found rather than waiting until the end, which is better for large directories.
-d/--directory option can now be used multiple times to scan multiple directories.
New -f/--file option for specifying one or more individual files to scan.
New scan_directory_iter(), scan_file() and scan_file_iter() Python API functions.
New -v/--verbose option which shows each directory that is being scanned.

Posted 5th April 2026 at 4:07 am

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