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In T200009#4483270, @mmodell wrote:What is the benefit to emptying the repository? It seems to me that archiving it would be enough, no need to obscure it from history.
The most important reason to empty the repository is so that it is extremely obvious to people who have the repo checked out that it has been archived and no longer supported/should be used. Of course, if people *really* want to use the repo, they can checkout the prior commit or use a branch. But for most people, the immediate breakage through file removal is necessary to get their attention.
There are also the (less important IMO) benefits to developers, like hiding from code search, etc.
So re-opening, since this repository needs to get emptied out.
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