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import requests # Note: Requires GitHub API token headers = 'Authorization': 'token YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN' query = "filename:password.txt extension:txt" url = f"https://api.github.com/search/code?q=query" response = requests.get(url, headers=headers) print(response.json()) The specific phenomenon of password
To truly remove a secret, you must use tools like git filter-repo or the BFG Repo-Cleaner to rewrite the repository's history, effectively scrubbing the file from existence. Even then, if the repository was forked by someone else before you deleted it, the secret lives on in their copy. import requests # Note: Requires GitHub API token