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Gitjacker Tool: Secure Your Code Against Exposed .git Folders

Calendar Oct 20, 2020 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A new open-source tool called Gitjacker can help developers discover when they've accidentally uploaded /.git folders online and have left sensitive information exposed to attackers. Gitjacker is available as a free download on Github.

 

Gitjacker was created by British software engineer Liam Galvin, is written in Go, and was released as a free download last month on GitHub.

In its simplest form, the tool lets users scan a domain and identify the location of a /.git folder on their production systems.