[gdpr-discuss] Git and the Right for Rectification

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, 25 May 2018, 9:31 am Winfried Tilanus, <winfried at tilanus.com> wrote:

> On 05/25/2018 10:09 AM, Roberto Polli wrote:
> >> (For GitLab Contributors Only) ... I [...] agree that my name and email
> address
> >> will become embedded and part of the code, which may be publicly
> available.
> >> I understand the removal of this information would be impermissibly
> destructive [..]
> >> I hereby waive any right to request any erasure, removal, or
> rectification of this information under
> >>   any applicable privacy or other law [..].
> > Could those clauses suffice?
>
> No, you can't waive-away the GDPR, though it is good to make clear on
> forehand that Git is an unchangeable system.
>

Git is certainly not an unchangeable record, on a technical level. It's
just that certain repositories have a policy of not rebasing to remove PII
and similar from history.

>
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