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We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –author flag

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-18 Cached

The Archestra team describes how they combated AI bot spam in their GitHub repo by building reputation tools and eventually using Git's --author flag to block contributions from unvetted accounts, aiming to preserve a safe space for legitimate contributors.

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