How to Install and Uninstall git-secrets Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "git-secrets" package

This tutorial shows how to install git-secrets on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                git-secrets
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "git-secrets" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall git-secrets on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                git-secrets
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-secrets package on Kali Linux

Package: git-secrets
Version: 1.3.0-7
Installed-Size: 41
Maintainer: Francois Marier
Architecture: all
Size: 20512
SHA256: 390b2dd95d2a37eeb090939e7c06dcd77c76d7fa2f50d1b8db3b762a138cc5b8
SHA1: ddaddd23518de28fe08823c5c1ef7c364d7ba3a2
MD5sum: f0efa296e2c6c908670d4e477ef76180
Description: Prevents accidental commits of credentials
git-secrets scans commits, commit messages, and --no-ff merges
to prevent adding secrets into your git repositories. If a commit,
commit message, or any commit in a --no-ff merge history matches
one of your configured prohibited regular expression patterns,
then the commit is rejected.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/git-secrets/git-secrets_1.3.0-7_all.deb