The objective of this repository is to warehouse common rules and patterns for identifying sensitive information in source code.
The examples in the table below are Regular Expression patterns that match sensitive information that should not be committed to code repository.
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Social Security Numbers | [0-9]{3}[\.\-][0-9]{2}[\.\-][0-9]{4} |
| IPv4 Addresses | [0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3} |
| Credit Cards | [0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})? |
gitleaks/rules.toml contains an up-to-date list of rules and patterns for projects using gitleaks.
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