GitHub Enforces Policy Against Self-Promotional Commit Messages

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GitHub has started enforcing a policy against self-promotional commit messages to maintain a 'clean and respectful' community, as reported on the Hacker News Front Page.

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Stop Advertising in Your Commits

5/26/2026, 8:31:09 PM

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