the smartest filter

detect/detect.go

@@ -550,16 +550,6 @@ func (d *Detector) detectRule(fragment Fragment, currentRaw string, r config.Rul
 			}
 		}
 
-		// check if this is a generic rule
-		if r.SmartFilter {
-			if !d.passesSmartFilter(finding.Secret) {
-				// logger.Info().
-				// 	Str("finding", finding.Secret).
-				// 	Msg("skipping finding: fails smart filter")
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-
 		// check if the result matches any of the global allowlists.
 		if isAllowed, event := checkFindingAllowed(logger, finding, fragment, currentLine, d.Config.Allowlists); isAllowed {
 			event.Msg("skipping finding: global allowlist")
@@ -571,6 +561,12 @@ func (d *Detector) detectRule(fragment Fragment, currentRaw string, r config.Rul
 			event.Msg("skipping finding: rule allowlist")
 			continue
 		}
+
+		if r.SmartFilter {
+			if !d.passesSmartFilter(finding.Secret) {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
 		findings = append(findings, finding)
 	}
 

go.mod

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.24.3
 require (
 	github.com/BobuSumisu/aho-corasick v1.0.3
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0
+	github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.2.1
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.5.0
 	github.com/fatih/semgroup v1.2.0
 	github.com/gitleaks/go-gitdiff v0.9.1

go.sum

@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0 h1:mQh0Yrg1XPo6vjYXgtf5OtijNAKJRNcTdOOGZe
 github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:Zy1iXRYNqNLUolqCpL4uhk6SHUMAOSCzdgBfDb35Lz0=
 github.com/STARRY-S/zip v0.2.1 h1:pWBd4tuSGm3wtpoqRZZ2EAwOmcHK6XFf7bU9qcJXyFg=
 github.com/STARRY-S/zip v0.2.1/go.mod h1:xNvshLODWtC4EJ702g7cTYn13G53o1+X9BWnPFpcWV4=
+github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.2.1 h1:EHBY3UOn1gwdy/VbFwgo4cxecRznFk7fKWN1KOX7eoM=
+github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.2.1/go.mod h1:QVVI16kDrtSuwcpd0p1+xMC6Z/VfhtCyDIjcwga4/DU=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.2-0.20250424173009-453214e765f3 h1:8PmGpDEZl9yDpcdEr6Odf23feCxK3LNUNMxjXg41pZQ=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.2-0.20250424173009-453214e765f3/go.mod h1:05ib4cKhjx3OQYUY22hTVd34Bc8upXjOLL2rKwwZBoA=
+github.com/arbovm/levenshtein v0.0.0-20160628152529-48b4e1c0c4d0 h1:jfIu9sQUG6Ig+0+Ap1h4unLjW6YQJpKZVmUzxsD4E/Q=
+github.com/arbovm/levenshtein v0.0.0-20160628152529-48b4e1c0c4d0/go.mod h1:t2tdKJDJF9BV14lnkjHmOQgcvEKgtqs5a1N3LNdJhGE=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 h1:HwpRHbFMcZLEVr42D4p7XBqjyuxQH5SMiErDT4WkJ2k=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:uYgXzlJ7ZpABp8OJ+exZzJJhRNQ2ASbcXHWsFqH8hp8=
 github.com/bodgit/plumbing v1.3.0 h1:pf9Itz1JOQgn7vEOE7v7nlEfBykYqvUYioC61TwWCFU=
@@ -52,6 +56,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dgryski/trifles v0.0.0-20230903005119-f50d829f2e54 h1:SG7nF6SRlWhcT7cNTs5R6Hk4V2lcmLz2NsG2VnInyNo=
+github.com/dgryski/trifles v0.0.0-20230903005119-f50d829f2e54/go.mod h1:if7Fbed8SFyPtHLHbg49SI7NAdJiC5WIA09pe59rfAA=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.10.0 h1:+/GIL799phkJqYW+3YbOd8LCcbHzT0Pbo8zl70MHsq0=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.10.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.2-0.20230904184137-39efe44ab707 h1:2tV76y6Q9BB+NEBasnqvs7e49aEBFI8ejC89PSnWH+4=