Someone at Twitter is trying to delete data from from a git repository
Please pass the popcorn
Someone at Twitter is trying to delete data from from a git repository
Please pass the popcorn
@thomasfuchs
Oh yeahhh https://hachyderm.io/@ygalanter/110124224281711048
@thomasfuchs go dash dash hard or go home?
@thomasfuchs they’re not very good at this, huh?
@thomasfuchs What's the significance? I'm not geeky enough to know why this matters.
@kctipton git is a source code versioning system which literally first and foremost keeps any code changes every made to a codebase intact and in a history.
It’s not possible to delete anything from git, yet they're trying because they didn't read their embarrassing code before releasing it to the public.
@lispi314 @kctipton well, yes but that's more like creating a new repository.
they had thousands of forks (complete copies) after they put it up... :)
@thomasfuchs @kctipton Well, it is. It just requires rewriting the history & garbage collecting all the orphaned refs before you go ahead & release it to the world.
@DiamondHeighter @TootUncommon@mstdn.party a lot of people there are in the US on work visas and will get kicked out of the country if they quit, it’s not that simple
@TootUncommon @thomasfuchs If they were smart they wouldn't still be working at Twitter. ?
If they were smart, they'd flood the entire archive with very similar but inaccurate copies, so that anyone looking for the actual info would have to sort through thousands and thousands of *almost* what they want.
@thomasfuchs Given that both groups are rich in not-terribly-clueful tech bros, I honestly wonder what the exact degree of overlap is between these two groups:
"Blockchain, which is the best thing on the planet, and which you can't delete stuff from, is just like git, and everyone thinks git is fine, so stop it with the FUD"
"OMG they can see what was in the git repo, delete it! ...what do you *mean* people can still see it?"
@thomasfuchs What’s the ‘so what’ in non tech language for those of us who don’t know what that means but who have half a feeling it might be significant?
@railmaps It’s like trying to recall a newspaper article that was printed and mailed to thousands of people
(aka not possible, but they’re pretending they can to please their douchenozzle boss)
@simon_bitdiddle what if I told you they don’t know either
The question becomes how sync'd this is with the actual production system or if it's something they're putting out there just to sate people.
@thomasfuchs I'm sure there're at least a 100 forks and thousands of clones of the prior version. At least I hope.
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