Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo
24-07-2026 19:03 via theregister.com

Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo

The FreeBSD project froze its ports repository on Wednesday. The reason turns out to be a slightly embarrassing Git-related oopsie where a version of Copilot got uploaded somewhere it should not have been. The announcement of the 2026 Ports Repository Freeze went out on July 21 and remained in effect the following day, as explained in a message on the freebsd-announce mailing list. The mail delicately skirted around exactly what happened: « The commit in question severed our ports tree mir
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