That was Sourceforge really I suppose wasn't it - I enjoy GitHub for the opposite reason really (that I am a 'smelly nerd' and do want code more often than an executable, well actually they said '.exe', and I never want that) but I've definitely come across repos, even maintain one^, where they have that kind of real world leaking in, not really realising GitHub's not for them and then getting frustrated by it or just doing strange things.
(^I'm a collaborator on awesomecv, a latex CV/resume template, and we get a lot of PRs from people trying to edit their own information & experience into the example. I keep meaning to set up a template repo of how to use it properly as a latex class, maybe include rendering in Actions, the way my own use of it is basically, and more strongly point people towards that in the readme, maybe even remove the example. But I've been saying that for years, since before 'template repo' existed in fact.)
(^I'm a collaborator on awesomecv, a latex CV/resume template, and we get a lot of PRs from people trying to edit their own information & experience into the example. I keep meaning to set up a template repo of how to use it properly as a latex class, maybe include rendering in Actions, the way my own use of it is basically, and more strongly point people towards that in the readme, maybe even remove the example. But I've been saying that for years, since before 'template repo' existed in fact.)