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GitHub Android app hijacks links and hides code metadata

🧭 workproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

The GitHub Android app hijacks browser links to GitHub repositories, forcing the user into a mobile interface that hides critical project metadata like the last update date.

Who's affected: A developer who uses the GitHub Android app for 2FA.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

🔧 Fix this

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A browser extension that prevents GitHub links from triggering the Android app intent.
  2. A GitHub app setting that allows users to toggle 'Always open in browser' for repository links.
  3. A feature update for the GitHub app to include a 'View as Desktop' button that preserves repository metadata visibility.
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Real voices

“It hijacks the URL and shows me stupid crap I don t care about. And if I click on code it shows me the kind of low-info list of files and folders I d expect to see on my grandmother s windows explorer.”

Source: Hacker News

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