I know that pushing a commit with an API key is something for which a developer should have his balls cut off, but…
…I’m wondering what I should do if, somehow, I accidentally commit an API key or other sensitive information, an environment variable to the repo.
Should I just revoke the access and leave it as is, or maybe locally remove this commit and force-push a new one without the key? How do you guys handle this situation in a professional environment?
If you pushed to github, that key is there forever! (very few exceptions). Regardless, if you pushed it to any machine you don’t own, assume it’s compromised and rotate.
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