[nick32m]

I think they could block that Github repository/repositories but not the entire Github. Also I don't want them to DDOS Github and affect other uses.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9275041

[ashleycole]

They cannot block a specific repo (although GitHub could make it inaccessible to Chinese users, but I don't think they'd want to censor their platform), which is why China resorted to DDOS. I think it really speaks volumes as to how important GitHub currently is to them.

[marcosdumay]

HTTPS makes it impossible to block only part of the site. At least if they don't push their certs onto the population.

[singularity2001]

they would have to block all the Forks as well