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holocron/plugins/bin/skills/gitleaks/references/allowlist-patterns.md
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-25 19:18:41 +00:00

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Gitleaks allowlist patterns

Version syntax

Version Allowlist syntax
v8.24.2 and earlier [allowlist] (singular table)
v8.25.0 and later [[allowlists]] (array of tables)

Critical: using the wrong syntax produces no error but the allowlist silently does nothing. Always check gitleaks version first.

v8.24.2 syntax (this repo uses 8.24.2)

Suppress by path regex

Use for files that can never contain real secrets (research notes, terminal captures, test fixtures, generated docs).

[allowlist]
description = "research notes and terminal captures"
paths = [
  '''docs/research/.*''',
  '''tests/fixtures/.*''',
]

Suppress by stopword

Use for placeholder values that match secret patterns but are clearly not real.

[allowlist]
description = "placeholder values"
stopwords = ["example", "placeholder", "changeme", "your-api-key-here"]

Disable a default rule entirely

Use only when a rule has no value for this repo and produces pervasive false positives.

[extend]
useDefault = true
disabledRules = ["generic-api-key"]

v8.25.0+ syntax (for reference)

[[allowlists]]
description = "research notes"
paths = ['''docs/research/.*''']

[[allowlists]]
description = "placeholder values"
stopwords = ["example", "placeholder"]

.gitleaksignore (fingerprint-based — last resort)

# Format: <fingerprint>:<line-number>
# Generated by: gitleaks git -v --report-format json | jq -r '.[] | "\(.Fingerprint):\(.StartLine)"'
abc123def456:42

Avoid this approach: fingerprints embed line numbers. Any edit to the file shifts line numbers and invalidates the entry, re-surfacing the false positive.

Verification after any change

# Scan current files
gitleaks dir -v .

# Scan with debug output to see which allowlists fired
gitleaks dir --log-level debug .

# Scan commit history
gitleaks git -v

# Scan only staged changes (what the pre-commit hook runs)
gitleaks git --staged --redact -v