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The torrents would be snapshots of the repo at a particular point in time. Updates couldn't be fetched through the torrent via git pull.

I'd assume that op wants a torrent that can be pushed/pulled from.

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git is decentralized by design. you dont need bittorrent.

No. With BitTorrent, I can tell a client to go fetch this torrent or hash (magnet link) and it can do that without any specific hardcoded server. Centralized trackers help but there’s always the DHT. With git you need to give the client an exact host, which can be gone for any number of reasons.

So then just like with music and movies, I'll get letters from law firms for hosting illegal git repos via BitTorrent.

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