GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5B Undo Button

Re:GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5B Undo Button by hliyan on Thursday June 07, 2018 @12:41AM (#17253348)

Question: is it possible to build basic pull request and comment information storage into the git repository itself? This way, sites like Github are merely interfaces with no data import export requirements.

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Re:GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5B Undo Button by kumarvvr on Thursday June 07, 2018 @12:44AM (#17253350)

I think the problem is with identity management.

Maybe a universal identity provider is required.

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Re:GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5B Undo Button by iamtew on Thursday June 07, 2018 @01:20AM (#17253469)

You could just GPG sign your commits, then you can know for sure where the commit is coming from.

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Re:GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5B Undo Button by zaarn on Thursday June 07, 2018 @03:30AM (#17253968)

Anyone can create a GPG key and start signing commits.

GPG does not solve identity, it requires additional networking (like WoT or TOFU) before it can begin to function as an identity tool.

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Re:GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5B Undo Button by icebraining on Thursday June 07, 2018 @07:13AM (#17254808)

Yes. In fact, Joey Hess built a tool that backs all that info from the Github API to a git repository: https://github-backup.branchable.com/

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