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How-tos for working with leak prevention

Learn how to work with GitHub's push protection in different environments.

Working with push protection from the command line

Learn your options for unblocking your push from the command line to GitHub if secret scanning detects a secret in your changes.

Working with push protection in the GitHub UI

Learn your options for unblocking your commit when secret scanning detects a secret in your changes.