git as a commenting platform

<p> It is possible to use plain text files, versioned through git as a commenting platform. This is what <a href="https://www.staticman.net"> staticman </a> does. <a class="wikilink" href="/thomas_jollans/"> Thomas Jollans </a> has implemented his own version using Flask, called <a href="https://tjol.eu/blog/commie.html"> commie </a> . The biggest difference here is that Staticman relies on Github (not git) to create pull requests, while commie can directly commit to a repository (local or remote), effectively making it platform-agnostic. </p> <p> In any case, both services store the comment information as plain text files, which would make the comments durable over time and transparent. </p> <p> <strong> Note </strong> : Commie uses the combination of IP/Browser/E-mail to validate user's identity and allow for comment edits and publish without verification. <a class="wikilink" href="/django-comments/"> Django-comments </a> uses a similar approach (comments are sent by e-mail encoded with base64 to prevent hitting the database before verification). </p> <p> Tags: <a href="/tags/git"> #git </a> <a href="/tags/commenting-system"> #commenting-system </a> <a href="/tags/discussions-website"> #discussions-website </a> </p>