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The GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern (2022)

175 points · 112 comments · ibobev

  1. ierukah · · focus · HN ↗
    In Forgejo, wikis are just another repo, so you have versioning there.
    1. isityettime · · focus · HN ↗
      That&#x27;s also true on GitHub: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.github.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;communities&#x2F;documenting-your-project-with-wikis&#x2F;adding-or-editing-wiki-pages#adding-or-editing-wiki-pages-locally" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.github.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;communities&#x2F;documenting-your-proj...

      and on GitLab: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.gitlab.com&#x2F;user&#x2F;project&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.gitlab.com&#x2F;user&#x2F;project&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;

      It sounds like the whole argument here is that the commits in the docs repo aren&#x27;t identical commits in the source code repo. But you can ameliorate that with something like tags or submodules. And it&#x27;s also inherently true of any project with more than one repo, too.

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