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Re:Firefox Moves to GitHub by int_19h on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @05:27AM (#43971124)
By storing issues etc in the repo itself. A git repo is just a generic object graph, after all, and objects don't necessarily describe files.

There are several such solutions already. The problem is that neither of them is popular enough to become a de facto standard. And, of course, centralized git providers like GitHub have a vested interest in keeping in this way, so they are unlikely to support any such solution even if it does become popular enough.

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Re:Firefox Moves to GitHub by enos_feedler on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @06:16PM (#43978369)
Wouldn’t it make economic sense for a git host to emerge that just did things this way and collect big pay for it? Gits been around forever and you’re idea sounds simple enough that a market of people would probably choose it on principle. There must be something more fundamental at play here.
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