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The AI figured out his code-host migration and it was smaller than feared

Told the AI to figure out their GitHub to Forgejo migration and it worked, a much smaller problem than expected.

How it works

  1. He tells the AI to figure out the migration from the big code host to their self-hosted one
  2. It works
  3. A much smaller problem than expected

Why it’s worth knowing

Feared migrations shrink when something reads everything first.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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