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# general
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ambitious-waitress-65839
09/25/2023, 12:54 PMHi!
I am new to InfraCost, and have a question: Is it so that InfraCost bots clones private repositories? and is there a way to avoid it or its just the way that it works?
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busy-agent-35515
09/25/2023, 12:57 PMHello! If you are using GitHub or GitLab app integrations, then yes, our runners will clone a repo to estimate them. You can read about the benefits here: https://www.infracost.io/docs/guides/source_control_benefits/.
If you don't want your private repos being cloned, the only option is to use Infracost in your CI/CD pipeline, but you'll have to do some extra steps (described in the link above).
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ambitious-waitress-65839
09/25/2023, 1:00 PMGreat, thanks for the info!
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busy-agent-35515
09/25/2023, 1:00 PMAlso, you can read about Infracost's security and privacy here https://www.infracost.io/docs/faq/#security-and-privacy
May I ask why this may be a concern for you?
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ambitious-waitress-65839
09/25/2023, 1:04 PMI was not directly participating in our internal discussion, but generally the issue is that our company's policy does not allow that cloning.
We use hosted GitLab.
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busy-agent-35515
09/25/2023, 1:05 PMI see, thanks for explanation