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		madewulf on Feb 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub is aggressively caching raw.github, breakin... GitHub caching can be a pain. It's been for example impossible to make files completely disappear from an open source repo without deleting the repo or contacting their support.

Symbiote on Feb 12, 2023 [–]

That's Git garbage collection, not the caching discussed in the post.

https://github.blog/2022-09-13-scaling-gits-garbage-collecti...

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