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But on GitHub, the PRs and issues cannot exist independently of the git repository. They'd have to make substantial software changes to support this approach.
by ddevault 6y ago
But on GitHub, the PRs and issues cannot exist independently of the git repository. They'd have to make substantial software changes to support this approach.
Sure, they could do that, but - have they? No. SourceHut has.
- akerl_ 6y agoI’m not sure what you mean. GitHub has gotten a ton of (justified!) criticism because the issues/PRs are not stored in git (either in the main repo, like gh-pages branches, or in an associated repo, like GitHub repo wikis). The “changes” they’d need to make beyond their current DMCA implementation would be to restrict the “Code” tab, the Readme preview, and the git/ssh endpoint for that repo. Which would likely be a new feature, but given they already have the ability for a repo’s owner to totally disable PRs or issues, certainly wouldn’t be the kind of groundbreaking change you’re pitching it as.