Just curious as to how things work back there

eventually, but not at the moment. my main issue is that i'd like to retain some privacy and not expose myself to the public - i could publish the code on a separate GitHub account, but the issue there is that i'd probably have to clear the entire git commit history and start from scratch.

Yeah, that makes sense; Nobody likes when their different internet identities are suddenly all connected

If you're just worried about the email addresses in the commits, you can use something like

git filter-branch --commit-filter 'if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "Your Name" ];
  then export [email protected];
  fi; git commit-tree "$@"'

git filter-branch --commit-filter 'if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "Your Name" ];
  then export [email protected];
  fi; git commit-tree "$@"'

is there a way to do that for username as well?

That's not too bad, imo. Every project has to start somewhere. Your first commit would just be a really good one, lol.

love the design

have been looking for forum software for a community of mine and this is the best i've seen

please continue to consider opening it up!

thanks