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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 @04:50AM (#48190878)
We occasionally get traditional SPAM PRs pointing to their product. In that case it is very useful to clear out title, PR body and reset the commits as well, so none of that appears on the repo.

This is time consuming.

Unfortunately the PR and the PR author will forever be listed there and linking to their product anyway.

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by TuxSH on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:16AM (#48209204)
> Unfortunately the PR and the PR author will forever be listed there

If they've been doing that to the other repo (and especially if they're just a spam account), there's a good chance using the "report" button and/or contacting GH support directly can yield positive results, up to the spam account being deleted (and the PR is usually deleted).

Unfortunately this doesn't scale.

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by halapro on Thursday May 21, 2026 @09:19AM (#48222174)
> Unfortunately this doesn't scale

Correct. I used to report them, but 3/4 years ago they made it more difficult to report anything because you have to explain what's wrong even when it's very clear.

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