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This is a fundamentally different meaning of the word "archiving" than GitHub is using. The new feature "archives" in the sense that it adjusts the repo to be

by akerl_ 9y ago

This is a fundamentally different meaning of the word "archiving" than GitHub is using. The new feature "archives" in the sense that it adjusts the repo to be read-only, so that folks can view it on GitHub without being able to PR or file issues. Like historical preservation. Your example is "archive" in the sense of "have a backup of", which is something more folks should definitely be doing, but isn't a replacement for GitHub's new feature.

zokier 9y ago
> This is a fundamentally different meaning of the word "archiving" than GitHub is using. I think the difference is not in the meaning of "archiving" but in the meaning of "repository". Github repository is far wider concept than plain git repo: > Archiving a repository makes it read-only to everyone (including repository owners). This includes editing the repository, issues, pull requests, labels, milestones, projects, wiki, releases, commits, tags, branches, reactions and comments.