From 249668cab03a57481760d7998fbce69e37a44baf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Ellul <nicholas.ellul1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:35:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Put more emphasis on having .env in gitignore

---
 docs/getting_started.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index 728809a10..6497566f1 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -45,13 +45,16 @@ src/
   index.ts
 ```
 
-If your application is in a Git repository, you should make sure to add these files to `.gitignore`:
+If your application is in a Git repository, you should **make sure to add these files to `.gitignore`**.
+
 ```
 .env
 dist
 node_modules
 ```
 
+ **Important:** If you ever accidentally commit your API secret to GitHub or any other third party, you can follow [this tutorial](https://shopify.dev/tutorials/rotate-revoke-api-credentials) on how to generate new credentials for your application.
+
 `tsconfig.json`
 ```json
 {