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Command line features I want for a hosted RCS/VCS: multi-repo add/remove user (support hire/fire employees), CI/CD features (set/check/pre-commit enforce tests and metrics, view state, get/set callbacks), create/config new repos.

The example commands shown support automatic creation of issues which is OK for CI/CD, but PRs are not something we use or care about. I understand it from marketing as a 'makes us different to raw git' sorta differentiating feature, but it's just not part of many company's workflow. I love and miss from previous Gitlab repos strong pre-commit hooks and being able to reject commits that breach policy or break tests. Without this CI/CD needlessly chokes on issues, state and manual process.

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It sounds like you're looking more for an administrative CLI for Github, rather than the usual "Github user" experience in the command-line.

What do you use instead of PRs? (Honestly, not using PRs and paying for GHE sounds like a... less-than-ideal way to spend your money?)

The PR workflow + Checks are a good "equivalent" (IMO, nicer) experience to pre-commit hooks.

looking more for an administrative CLI for Github, rather than the usual "Github user" experience

Yes. Because I already have git, which by definition already does 99% of what I need as a user. Issues + remote repo admin + CI/CD are the exceptions.

What do you use instead of PRs?

Direct commit with no branching. IMHO PRs are an arguable misfeature of hosted RCS/VCS to keep people on those platforms. We have a high proportion of non software development projects/users.

Issues, CI/CD, and code review are a huge part of the development process that git does not do.

Committing directly might work for a small team, but I can't imagine that scales.

I suppose we want fundamentally different things here, and sadly for you, I don't think you're a large enough portion of the audience that GitHub will ever create the tool you need.

Their APIs are open, though -- you can probably make one yourself.

No, I am actually the majority of the potential market and future growth for hosted RCS/VCS firms: a tech company with many non-tech employees that wants to utilize RCS/VCS to formalize internal process across disciplines.

You are the minority.

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