Strip-credentials NPM

Strip-Credentials

Short Description

Remove the credentials from your files before upload your projects to avoid leaking but also keeping including full source.

commands

command	description
npx stripc	Read the files from "./sc.config". search the credentials after the comentaries and replace them by placeholders
npx stripc --init	Generate a void "./sc.config" file. Only usefull to create the file if you don't remember the file's name
npx stripc recover	Recover the original files from "./withCredentials" folder that mimics original file structure
npx stripc recover delete	Also removed the "./withCredentials" folder

Download

npm install strip-credentials -g

How to use

1 - Add a commentary just right before the credentials as shown

const myPrivateEmail = /* REPLACE EMAIL BETWEEN ''*/'manolo@example.com',

const database = {
  mySecretPassword: /* REPLACE PASSWORD BETWEEN ""*/"mypass",
}

2 - List your file inside "./sc.config"

connectToDatabase.js
cpp/server.cpp

3 - Run the command

npx stripc

4 - Open the files to make sure the credentials are removed.

5 - Add Commit and Push

6 - Recover the files to keep developing and remove withCredentials folder (you can omite delete function if you don't care about the folder being there)