2019-06-07 | The best and worst of GitHub: Repos wiped without notice, quickly restored – but why? • The Register
'I'm running 30 linodes as game servers, download servers and other types of servers, and they all update automatically using git pull," said Rohrer. '
'The incident raises questions for developers about the safety of their GitHub code. '
'GitHub CEO Nat Friedman noted that support restored the account even before he noticed the incident on Twitter, and apologised personally to Rohrer. '
'Updated Game designer Jason Rohrer has had a bad week, discovering that his 23 code repositories representing 15 years of development and community contributions were wiped from GitHub. '
'Account hijacking is another issue, but where this is suspected, deleting years of work without notice does not seem the right approach. '
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0 u/derram 07 Jun 2019 18:40
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'I'm running 30 linodes as game servers, download servers and other types of servers, and they all update automatically using git pull," said Rohrer. '
'The incident raises questions for developers about the safety of their GitHub code. '
'GitHub CEO Nat Friedman noted that support restored the account even before he noticed the incident on Twitter, and apologised personally to Rohrer. '
'Updated Game designer Jason Rohrer has had a bad week, discovering that his 23 code repositories representing 15 years of development and community contributions were wiped from GitHub. '
'Account hijacking is another issue, but where this is suspected, deleting years of work without notice does not seem the right approach. '
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