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A public repo 'cleaned up' its secrets in a new commit. Here's git log -p -1.

commit 9c1e2f4 (HEAD -> main)
Author: dev <dev@acme-corp.example>
Date:   Tue Oct 27 09:12:44 2026

    remove secrets from config

diff --git a/config/app.env b/config/app.env
--- a/config/app.env
+++ b/config/app.env
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 APP_ENV=production
-API_TOKEN=ss{rotate_dont_just_delete}
+API_TOKEN=${API_TOKEN}
 LOG_LEVEL=info

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