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Automate Git from Python — diffs, hooks, release tags, and repo housekeeping.
How to Build a Branch Protection Audit Mock API in Python
A mock HTTP API that serves branch protection rules for repositories and audits them for compliance, built with Python's standard library.
import json
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
REPOSITORIES = {
"alpha": {
"default_branch": "main",
"branches": ["main", "develop", "feature-x"],
"protection_rules": {
"main": {"required_reviews": 2, "dismiss_…Python Script to Rotate a Leaked API Key
A checklist-driven Python script that scans a codebase for a leaked API key, replaces it with a new one, and prints a step-by-step rotation checklist.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Checklist for rotating a leaked API key across a codebase."""
import re
from pathlib import Path
CHECKLIST = [
"Identify all files containing the leaked key",
"Generate a new key with sufficient entropy",
"Update the secret storage/CI environment variables",
"Replace the ol…Browse by section
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