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Launching GitHub Confirm It!

Saqib Ameen on July 05, 2020

🧞‍♂️ Idea Whenever we have to perform any action in from the Danger Zone section of GitHub repository options, such as: Change Visibil...
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Raksha Kannusami •

This is awesome! I use ctrl c + ctrl v. Gets the job done!

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Saqib Ameen •

That's exactly what I used to do. But I found it tedious to every time select the username/repo-name and then copy-paste it. With this, I get the job done in a single click.

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Raksha Kannusami •

Yes, this is a cool trick!!

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Brawaru •

You don't even need to copy 👀

GIF demonstrating quick drag and drop of repository name into the field to confirm the action

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Raksha Kannusami •

OMG I'm mind blown! 🤯😁

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Parwinder 👨🏻‍💻 •

Neat little trick Saqib but just a quick suggestion that asking for upvotes on Product Hunt is against their TOS:

help.producthunt.com/en/articles/4...

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Saqib Ameen •

Hey Parwinder,

I'm glad you liked it. Also, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Updated.

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Ben Halpern •

This is neat

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Saqib Ameen •

Hey Ben,

Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment. Coming from you means a lot. 🤩

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spiritupbro •

saqib this is awesome i just want to ask what tools you use to create an image like this? sorry its not related im just curious

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Saqib Ameen •

Hey nori,

I'm glad you liked it. I use Adobe Photoshop for creating these.

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Erebos Manannán •

Do you by any chance understand why GitHub asks you intentionally to manually type this in and not check a checkbox saying "I am sure"?