Release Notes - Git Secrets Scanner v2.0 (The Turbo Update)

This major release introduces high-performance parallel scanning, a significant reduction in noise, and a refined, professional user interface.

NEW FEATURES

5x Faster Scans: Leverage multi-core performance to scan dozens of repositories in the time it used to take for one.
Improved Concurrency: Control your audit speed with the new --jobs or -j flag.

Interactive Assistance: The new --guide flag provides a beautifully formatted, categorized overview of every feature, making the tool easier to master for new users.

Intelligent Filtering: Prevents the same secret from appearing multiple times in the report if it exists in both the current code and history.
Priority Labeling: Automatically prefers specific secret types (e.g., "Google API Key") over generic matches on the same line.

History Filtering: The deep history scan now automatically skips library/vendor folders like venv, node_modules, and .dist-info, ensuring your history reports are 100% actionable.
Example Filtering: Common documentation strings (like example.com or scolvin) are now automatically filtered out to prevent false positives from third-party libraries.
Expanded Skip List: Added modern defaults like .vscode, .gradle, and site-packages to the automatic exclusion list.

Ultra-Clean Audit Logs: Removed all emojis and decorative icons in favor of a professional, high-contrast ASCII interface that works perfectly across all terminal types.
Improved Reporting: Clearer summaries of repositories, files, and commits scanned.

Updated Dependencies: pytest has been added to requirements.txt to enable professional-grade unit testing for the core scanner logic.
Bug Fixes: Refined the line-number detection and fixed edge cases in clone directory naming.

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