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Re:GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in by babyshake on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:28AM (#38433362)
It's likely to avoid crawling, especially to train competitors to GitHub Copilot or other LLMs.
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Re:GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in by supriyo-biswas on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:31AM (#38433408)
Why can’t you train on the git repository itself? Clones are not behind a login.
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Re:GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in by rafark on Monday November 27, 2023 @12:36PM (#38435303)
The way AIs are evolving, I wouldn’t be surprised if they have the ability to go to GitHub and search on demand based on a users query.
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Re:GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in by pixl97 on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:09AM (#38434024)
How do you discover the repository, especially in an automated fashion?
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Re:GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in by rudolph9 on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:38AM (#38433509)
This seems like the most probable reason of any I’ve read so far.
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