Custom CMS / Git-Based Posting System

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Use Git to manage posts / files, as the current system

• cannot revert deleted files,
• does not save editing history,
• and auth works by having an environment variable with admin emails (which is dumb).

Using Git would provide a complete editing history, with ability to reverse changes; and with a remote GitHub repo, auth can also be done easily with repo permissions (specifically, write access to the repo).

References: https://keystatic.com/ - CMS using this approach https://docs.github.com/en/rest/collaborators/collaborators?apiVersion=2022-11-28#get-repository-permissions-for-a-user

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To add more, I'd love to make the whole system into a custom CMS, with

• schema / data model setting,
• content and file managing,
• file uploading and serving.

Maybe even make it into a standalone package (definitely dreaming too big)

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current plan

1. create a github repository specifically for posts / contents
2. determine admin role with write access to the repo
3. our edit ui acts as a frontend to git, committing changes and pushing to github for the user
4. (maybe) attach webhooks so we know when to pull from github
5. (maybe) use a github app instead so permissions can be fine-tuned

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41 just like that its gone