# Why do people use githack links?

**URL:** <https://forums.moddingtree.com/t/why-do-people-use-githack-links/824>\
**Category:** Modding Developers\
**Created:** [November 20, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.moddingtree.com/t/why-do-people-use-githack-links/824 "2022-11-20T05:15:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jme](https://forums.moddingtree.com/user_avatar/forums.moddingtree.com/jme/32/555_2.png) [@Jme](https://forums.moddingtree.com/u/Jme)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.moddingtree.com/t/why-do-people-use-githack-links/824/1 "2022-11-20T05:15:19Z")

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Why do people use githack links? It seems rather pointless to me given that you can easily set up github pages and it even updates faster than githack. Is there an advantage to using githack I don’t know?

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**Author:** ![JeehanMoment](https://forums.moddingtree.com/user_avatar/forums.moddingtree.com/jeehanmoment/32/524_2.png) [@JeehanMoment](https://forums.moddingtree.com/u/JeehanMoment)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.moddingtree.com/t/why-do-people-use-githack-links/824/2 "2022-11-20T12:17:34Z")

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welp you can access multiple branches with githack I think

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**Author:** ![Jme](https://forums.moddingtree.com/user_avatar/forums.moddingtree.com/jme/32/555_2.png) [@Jme](https://forums.moddingtree.com/u/Jme)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.moddingtree.com/t/why-do-people-use-githack-links/824/3 "2022-11-20T19:42:01Z")

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Ohhh multiple branches at once ok thank you  
I know github lets you publish from any branch, but not multiple. Thanks `:D`

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**Author:** ![Jakub](https://forums.moddingtree.com/user_avatar/forums.moddingtree.com/jakub/32/266_2.png) [@Jakub](https://forums.moddingtree.com/u/Jakub)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.moddingtree.com/t/why-do-people-use-githack-links/824/4 "2022-12-30T00:30:28Z")

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I mean you can setup github pages for multiplie branches with more effort
