Secret scanning now deduplicates non-provider patterns

To help you triage and remediate secret leaks more effectively, GitHub secret scanning now dededuplicates non-provider patterns (generic patterns) against provider patterns.

Secret scanning non-provider patterns are generic detectors that help you uncover secrets outside of patterns tied to specific token issuers, like HTTP authentication headers, connection strings, and private keys.

Note: Custom patterns are not deduplicated, as removing a custom pattern will also delete those alerts. We recommend adjusting your custom patterns to avoid overlap with any GitHub-defined detectors.

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