A Github repository is basically a folder designed to store files. It is also available online for anyone to download, access, and contribute to the files/code within the folder.

The “force push” command of the Git open-source software, which is at the core of GitHub, can force the software to overwrite existing code irrevocably.

GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code.

GitHub announced on Monday that it expanded its code hosting platform's secrets scanning capabilities for GitHub Advanced Security customers to automatically block secret leaks.