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secretlint
What changed in secretlint 13, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Also covers @secretlint/secretlint-rule-preset-recommend. Sources checked 2026-10-24.
1 security4 fixes and other
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Security 1
File searching no longer follows symlinks.
Fixes and other changes 4
The config loader now keeps the package name as is when baseDirectory is empty.
The binary now respects --cwd.
Initialization now respects existing config.
Profiling is enabled only when --profile is specified, avoiding linting performance problems.