paritytech / paritytech/host-rust-core

Make the source repositories read-only

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@TarikGul is already working on this.

Since Sep 11, 2026.

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Description

Because history is not carried across, the source repositories become the only copy of each
host's history. They are kept read-only permanently rather than deleted, so that
git log and git blame remain answerable and old commit references keep resolving.

Their open pull requests must be drained first, since making a repository read-only strands
whatever is in flight. Without history preservation those can simply be re-created here as
ordinary pull requests, with no rebasing onto rewritten history.

Depends on: #685.

Steps
  • Drain or re-create the open pull requests in each source repository
  • Make each source repository read-only
  • Confirm each import commit records its source commit
Done when

No source repository accepts writes, none has been deleted, and every imported tree traces
back to a recorded commit.

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