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Gitjacker

Downloads and rebuilds git repositories exposed via a misconfigured .git directory.

gitjacker

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Gitjacker downloads git repositories and extracts their contents from sites where the .git directory has been mistakenly uploaded. It will still manage to recover a significant portion of a repository even where directory listings are disabled.

For educational/penetration testing use only.

More information at https://liam-galvin.co.uk/security/2020/09/26/leaking-git-repos-from-misconfigured-sites.html

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Installation

curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamg/gitjacker/master/scripts/install.sh" | bash

...or grab a precompiled binary.

You will need to have git installed to use Gitjacker.

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