How to Fix GitHub Push Protection Error

GitHub Push Protection appears when GitHub detects a secret, API key, token, or private credential inside your commit.

This often happens when you accidentally commit files like:

• .env


• Firebase config files


• API service files


• private keys


• access tokens

In this guide, I’ll show the simple steps I used to fix it.

Why this error happens

GitHub blocks the push because it found sensitive data inside your commit history.

Example:

bash

remote: error: GH013: Repository rule violations found

remote: Push cannot contain secrets