On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 07:06:03PM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 12:51:58PM +0300, Constantine wrote: > > There's a gitbomb on github. It is undoubtedly creative and funny, but since > > this is a bug in git, I thought it'd be nice to report. The command: > > > > $ git clone https://github.com/x0rz/ShadowBrokersFiles > > What fills memory is actually the checkout part of the command. git > clone -n doesn't fail. > > Credit should go where it's due: https://kate.io/blog/git-bomb/ > (with the bonus that it comes with explanations)
That is a nice explanation, and I think the dates point to the kate.io post as the parent there. I certainly have come across this type of "bomb" repo before, but I couldn't come up with any public references (somebody uploaded such a repository to GitHub in 2014). So I think this may be the first public discussion of the idea. -Peff
