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+# gitleaks false-positive allowlist (fingerprints).
+# Format: one fingerprint per line. `gitleaks detect --report-format json` outputs them.
+
+# Nuclei docs `-u http://...` — nuclei's -u flag is "target URL", not curl basic-auth.
+# Rule `curl-auth-user` matches the pattern but it's not authentication.
+f696ca50266eb1c2974b5fc89f6fa585edaf4b6b:docs/security/nuclei-setup.md:curl-auth-user:27