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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by karussell on Monday May 18, 2026 @07:02PM (#48187048)
Not OP but requested this feature since years.

Your suggestion would help a bit but I would prefer the opposite: before someone can 'pollute' my pull request space and draw attention from subscribers I would prefer an acceptance step (just like a moderator on a forum) instead of having to archive the PRs.

This is especially important as (AI) spam increases and just because I am away for a few days or weeks I don't want those PRs lurking around.

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by darccio on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @03:01AM (#48190167)
A PR staging area. This would be a good step forward.
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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by bloppe on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @03:58AM (#48190514)
That kinda sounds like draft PRs. You can make all PRs drafts by default. I guess it would be cool to have a setting where only maintainers can change it to ready-for-review.
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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by halapro on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @04:41AM (#48190806)
If the PR exists on my repo, it's already too late.

Either you let me block 6-month old accounts from opening PRs, or you let me delete them.

PRs, draft or not, show up in searches and spammers can continue opening new ones as well as leaving comments on them.

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