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Github is Not Open Source | Juliette — I write
  • lurch (he/him)
    1·
    9 months ago

    Yes, if you want to accept pull requests from anyone, you can set up a jailed git server with public access, for example.

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      That’s not a pull request, but a merge request. Besides the point though. What I’m getting at is: isn’t that asking for trouble? Somebody could

      while true ; do
  head /dev/urandom -c 100MB > file.txt
  git add file.txt
  git commit -m "new commit"
  git push
done

      and fill up your hard drive. Also, depending on the protocol, they could try fuzzing it. Or, pipe /dev/urandom into nc and blast your git port.

      And of course, the first problem is discoverability. Who’s going to find your random, unfederated, git service?

      It just doesn’t sound like a convincing solution, IMO.

      Anti Commercial-AI license

      • lurch (he/him)
        1·
        9 months ago

        no, it’s not specific to merge requests. theres a tool called git-shell that prevents abuse