Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'

8 months ago by ryujin470 to c/technology

Projects like Godot are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.

Bongles 15 points 8 months ago

I don't contribute to open source projects (not talented enough at the moment, I can do basic stuff for myself sometimes) but I wonder if you can implement some kind of requirement to prove that your code worked to avoid this issue.

Like, you're submitting a request that fixes X thing or adds Y feature, show us it doing it before we review it in full.

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Magnum 16 points 8 months ago

Tests, what you are asking for are automated tests.

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Bongles 2 points 8 months ago

Can that be done on github?

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brotato 5 points 8 months ago

Yep, take a look into GitHub actions. Basically you can make it so that a specific set of tests are run every time a PR is opened against your code repo. In the background it just spins up a container and runs any commands you define in a YAML config file.

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no_circumlocution 2 points 8 months ago

Better yet, don't use GitHub!

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