feat(redact): replace gitleaks with betterleaks for secret detection#760
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feat(redact): replace gitleaks with betterleaks for secret detection#760
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Betterleaks is a drop-in replacement by the gitleaks author with expanded rules (241 vs 223) and active development. The detect API is identical (NewDetectorDefaultConfig, DetectString, Finding.Secret), so this is a pure dependency + naming swap with no logic changes. Closes #756 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Entire-Checkpoint: e9bf2a2ffc9f
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Pull request overview
Updates Entire’s redaction secret-scanning dependency from gitleaks to betterleaks (a maintained drop-in replacement by the original author) and refreshes related references.
Changes:
- Swap
github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/detectforgithub.com/betterleaks/betterleaks/detectand rename related detector globals. - Update docs/tests wording to reference betterleaks.
- Update
go.mod/go.sumto reflect the new module graph.
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redact/redact.go |
Switch detector import and rename cached detector variables; update comments to reference betterleaks. |
redact/redact_test.go |
Update test comment to reference betterleaks. |
go.mod |
Add betterleaks direct dependency; remove gitleaks; indirect dependency graph changes. |
go.sum |
Update checksums to match the new dependency graph. |
docs/security-and-privacy.md |
Update security docs to reference betterleaks instead of gitleaks. |
New transitive dependency github.com/mikelolasagasti/xz (via betterleaks -> mholt/archives) uses the 0BSD license. 0BSD is a permissive public-domain-equivalent license. Refs: #756 Entire-Checkpoint: b627e9d2cb4f
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Betterleaks is a drop-in replacement by the gitleaks author with expanded rules (241 vs 223) and active development. The detect API is identical (NewDetectorDefaultConfig, DetectString, Finding.Secret), so this is a pure dependency + naming swap with no logic changes.
Closes #756
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Medium Risk
Updates the CLI’s secret redaction dependency, which is security-sensitive and could change what gets flagged/redacted (false positives/negatives) despite the API being drop-in compatible.
Overview
Switches pattern-based secret detection in
redactfromgitleakstobetterleaks, updating the detector wiring and corresponding test/documentation wording.Updates dependency manifests (
go.mod/go.sum) to addbetterleaksand refresh related transitive modules, and expands.allowed-licensesto include0BSD.Written by Cursor Bugbot for commit b8f369e. Configure here.