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.git/packed-refs

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You will hopefully find this site is well-secured and I'm not interested in being hacked. I'm interested in learning about how people try to hack me, though.

What is this endpoint?

.git/packed-refs

Git packed references file listing branch and tag tips

What an attacker could do

This file lists branch and tag commit tips, giving an attacker the object hashes needed to download and reassemble repository contents from an exposed .git directory.

How to defend it

Block HTTP access to .git, ensure deployments exclude version-control metadata, and serve a 404 for any .git path while auditing for already-leaked source or secrets.

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