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Just a place to track issues and feature requests that I have for github

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Just a place to track issues and feature requests that I have for github

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HN mentions by year101 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-06-04 17:52:47 UTC to 2026-04-29 03:42:11 UTC.

051015202013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 3 submissions, 1 comments20132014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 3 submissions, 6 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 5 submissions, 8 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 18 mentions; 3 submissions, 15 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 15 mentions; 3 submissions, 12 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 4 submissions, 5 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 4 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC431
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC936
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1358
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC18315
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC725
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC15312
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC945
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC945
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

From the project README

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IMPORTANT NOTE: GITHUB NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL FEEDBACK REPOSITORY. OPEN A DISCUSSION THERE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR DISCUSS BUGS. THIS REPO IS DEPRECATED. Issues for GitHub What this repository is about This is not the actual repository for the GitHub website. I'm not affiliated with GitHub in any way, except that I use it all day long, and almost all my code is hosted there. UPDATE: as of April 2020, with the acquisition of npm, Inc. by GitHub, I am a GitHub employee. I remain focused on the npm/cli project, and any opinions expressed here belong to the person expressing them at the time they were expressed, and should not be taken as official GitHub policy in any way. I still use GitHub all day long, and almost all my code is still hosted there. Issues and feature requests posted to GitHub are not stored in any publicly available location, so I find that I quickly lose track of the things that I've sent them. For GitHubbers If you are a GitHubber, and you would like to respond and close issues on this repository, please let me (or one of the other collaborators) know, and we'll add you as a collaborator. Alternatively, you could use some secret GitHub internal APIs to get access, if you have such things. If you want to know what people are asking for or ask for them to provide details about use cases. Then head over to the issues list. If you have an issue or feature request for GitHub Search for existing issues If you did not find any existing issue for your topic, post a new issue Additionally, please email support@github.com because this repo is strictly for our own (unofficial) tracking purposes. Make sure to send GitHub the issue URL at the end of the message so that they can more easily find updates and further comments here. If GitHub replies, (and they usually do, quickly) and if it is not a confidential matter like a security disclosure, add their reply to the issue so that other users know what their official response was. Upvoting existing issues Upvote existing issues with thumbs up 👍. Please do not add +1 comments. If you merely want to +1 an issue (isaacs/github#9), please also send an email to support@github.com to register your interest. Be sure to include a link to the tracking issue that was filed. See more in CONTRIBUTING.md Issue closing policy Issues will only be closed once GitHub implements / fixes them, or explicitly says WONTFIX, which almost never happens nowadays. Issues may take a long time (forever) to be fixed, so make sure that you are ready to keep them around on your /issues list for a long time. See also Dear GitHub Statement of Intent This repository is created in a spirit of positive intent and community good will. I have more love in my heart for GitHub than anyone probably ought to for any website. They've changed the face of open source, and enabled amazing things to happen. I've personally benefited quite a bit from those amazing things, and my life is much better as a direct result. I'm very thankful to GitHub, and the great work they do. When I shake my fists in frustration, it's only because they are so good that I spend countless hours being productive on their website, and even minor problems seem to jump out. Trolling, disparaging remarks about GitHub, or even just unproductive kvetching, will not be tolerated. Those comments will be deleted and the users blocked. We're here to help each other, and the company that does so much for us. <3 --isaacs
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What Hacker News says

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sja·Jul 25, 2016
This is true, though there is a workaround by using cdn.saw fit.com domain. I use the trick to display SVG figures in these white paper notes[1], and I found out about it in this issue thread[2] Example: <img src="http://cdn.rawgit.com/<username>/<path>/<to>/<image.svg>"> [1]: https://github.com/samjabrahams/tensorflow-white-paper-notes... [2]: https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/316#issuecomment-113...
In Pcb-stackup: Generate beautiful and accurate SVG renders of printed circuit boards
munro·Mar 11, 2016
What users wanted was a way to gauge what features are more important, so maintainers could prioritize the important issues to the community. All asked for was to be able to up vote _issues_, and be able to sort. [1] Instead we got reactions, and it completely missed the mark. They've made it easier to be passive aggressive. Also it lingers on your post, instead of having the unconstructive comment stand on it's own. How does one respond to a down vote, make another comment saying "... hmm?"? It's weird. [1] https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/9
In Add Reactions to Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments
KuhlMensch·Jan 15, 2016
I've been personally paying for a couple of years, and the SAAS company I work for (~50 engineers) has committed to moving away from Github for some of these (and other) reasons. Here are some of my fave :+1:-a-thons that help demonstrate when the issue system starts to be less useful, and the Github acknowledgement seems sparse: * https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/18 * https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/215 Also, you might consider empowering your social media team. I see Github as a pretty cool company. And when I sent this tweet, I was expecting to have a bit of a shared chortle with this tweet as I know I would of had with @SlackHq: https://twitter.com/Ash_Coolman/status/670595632659206146 But instead I got nothing, except a vague sense of having offended someone (sorry BTW, it was only a joke! :'()
In Dear GitHub
vrv·Jan 15, 2016
One suggestion is to improve the permissions system. For example, third-party github plugins that interact with the github system (e.g., setting labels, responding to comments) require "write permissions" which gives those systems "push" access to the underlying repo. Simply separating the git repository access control from the github UI / issues / pull requests access control system would be very helpful. I'm sure there are many other examples of where the permissions system needs some finer-grained access. Edit: Essentially the same as reported here: https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/268
In Dear GitHub

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