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> Even better, flipping "public/private" has absolutely no need to delete any information at all. Of course it does. You can’t watch/star a private repo unless
by hk__2 5y ago
> Even better, flipping "public/private" has absolutely no need to delete any information at all.
Of course it does. You can’t watch/star a private repo unless you have access, so all watchers/starrers should be removed. If you kept the data as-is watchers would still see the repo updates in their feed, which is the opposite of the 'private' feature promise.
- alpaca128 5y agoSure, if you don't change any part of the system it has to be that way. But there's no reason a private switch can't just suspend stars/watchers instead of permanently deleting them.