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The more important thing about issues & PRs is that they explain why the code is the way that it is. Knowing why the code is the way it is, is almost the entire
by jeremyjh 3mo ago
The more important thing about issues & PRs is that they explain why the code is the way that it is. Knowing why the code is the way it is, is almost the entire reason we have a repository to begin with. They belong to the code, not some social graph.
Yes, code is largely about communication as well - with others as well as our future selves. That doesn’t mean it’s a social media experience. There are lots of ways to communicate that aren’t that.
- verdverm 3mo agoThis was a really intriguing project that became Google abandonware. https://github.com/google/git-appraise https://github.com/google/git-appraise The idea is to use git-notes for issues & PRs, because git is already distributed by design and these elements of SDLC centralized our usage.