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5th April 2026

Release scan-for-secrets 0.1.1 — Scan for secrets in files you plan to share

Added documentation of the escaping schemes that are also scanned.

Removed unnecessary repr escaping scheme, which was already covered by json.

Posted 5th April 2026 at 3:39 am

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