security-leak-guardrails

Prevent secret leaks by installing forbidden-path checks, a Gitleaks configuration, and CI secret scanning. These guardrails harden repositories against credential leakage across local development, pull requests, and automated checks.

CI secret scanning and forbidden-path checks are set up by adding guardrails files, integrating Git hooks with lefthook, and configuring Dependabot for dependency updates across your CI/CD workflows.

Gitleaks works with lefthook hooks by integrating local security scripts into standard GitOps workflows. This enables local development secret detection before code reaches pull requests or CI pipelines.

Repository guardrails work across Node and other repositories by integrating with hooks and standard GitOps. They apply forbidden-path checks and CI secret scanning regardless of the specific runtime environment.

Verify guardrails configuration by installing required tooling, adding guardrails files and hooks, and running the included local security script to ensure all secret scanning and forbidden-path checks are active.

Dependabot configuration maintains dependency updates alongside secret scanning guardrails to harden repositories against credential leaks. It complements Gitleaks and forbidden-path checks by keeping dependencies patched across CI/CD workflows.