(If you’d like, I can draft a short notice you can post in a repository to explain why license keys must not be committed, or provide steps to remove exposed secrets from a Git history.)

To help you find the best solution for your setup, could you tell me: Are you trying to you already paid for?

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These are simple .txt or .md files containing strings of 25-character alphanumeric codes. In 99% of cases, these keys are either:

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