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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Pankaj Dhoolia, Bangalore, IN;
Senthil Kumar Kumarasamy Mani, Bangalore, IN;
Rohan Raju Padhye, Bangalore, IN;
Vibha Singhal Sinha, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for preventing sharing of sensitive information through code repositories are provided herein. A method includes detecting one or more items of sensitive information in a check-in associated with a given user in a shared version management system; automatically refactoring the one or more items of sensitive information in the check-in by externalizing the one or more items of sensitive information as an encrypted file; and upon acceptance by the user of one or more changes to the check-in, automatically (i) decrypting the encrypted file using one or more code repository credentials associated with the given user, and (ii) incorporating the one or more items of sensitive information into the check-in.