> So the author was purposefully trying to do the most extreme thing they could to see how git/GitHub act/break.
This is Hacker News. Hacking is about using, in particular, technology in surprising ways that were not intended by the creators.
This is Hacker News. Hacking is about using, in particular, technology in surprising ways that were not intended by the creators.
The reason that hacking is even a thing: It's actually possible to break things in a responsible, non-destructive way (in contrast to most things in the physical world).
If we skip the responsible part, we are just... breaking things and incurring costs. Why should that be okay?