skip content checks for path only rules

gitleaks · Mar 29, 2022 · e0745ad · e0745ad
1 parent 0b07625
commit e0745ad
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diff --git a/detect/detect.go b/detect/detect.go
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ func (d *Detector) detectRule(fragment Fragment, rule *config.Rule) []report.Fin
 		}
 	}
 
+	// if path only rule, skip content checks
+	if rule.Regex == nil {
+		return findings
+	}
+
 	matchIndices := rule.Regex.FindAllStringIndex(fragment.Raw, -1)
 	for _, matchIndex := range matchIndices {
 		// extract secret from match