Detect committed key material.
Section: Security and secrets hygiene
Find private key headers
bash
bash
rg 'BEGIN (RSA |EC |OPENSSH )?PRIVATE KEY' .Explanation
This scan catches a surprising number of accidental commits.
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Search environment files for suspicious keys.
Find debug logging in source code
Locate `console.log` usage across a codebase.