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The Inverse of `.gitignore`: How Losing a `.env` Turned Into safekeep
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30 May
Every tutorial tells you to add .env to .gitignore. That's not enough.
<p>Here's something nobody talks about.</p> <p><code>.gitignore</code> doesn't encrypt your secrets. It just hides them from git.</p> <p>They're still sitting on your laptop as
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