[K9CODESEC-4729] Document the Secret Scanning configuration file - #39313
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Adds the secrets.global-config fields to the Secret Scanning page and schema-version v1.5 to the Code Security configuration reference. Refs: K9CODESEC-4729
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What does this PR do? What is the motivation?
Documents the configuration file for Secret Scanning, and adds
schema-version: v1.5to the Code Security configuration reference.Secret Scanning gains a configuration file alongside its existing in-app configuration. Rules, scanning groups, and custom rules continue to be configured in Datadog and the config file controls which files are analyzed.
Secret Scanning configuration page
File configurationsection covering thesecrets.global-configproperties:only-paths,ignore-paths,use-gitignore,ignore-generated-files, andmax-file-size-kb.Rule ConfigurationtoConfiguration, since it covers both rule and file configuration.Code Security configuration reference
v1.5schema version and thesecretssection to the version table, the structure example, and the optional-sections list.Merge readiness