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Show hidden files to admins

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby

Research direction

Locate the submission Files tab and the code that filters hidden files, then trace how administrator permissions are determined. The change is complete when admins can see hidden submission files while other users still follow the existing visibility rules; no file or test path is named in the issue.

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Description

easy enhancement lowprio

Admins should see hidden files on the Files tab of a submission.

Dominant language
Ruby
Stars
51
Forks
42
Avg merge
1h 27m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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