I don't see why that's a sign of the wrong tool: if it's OK to use a GitHub repo...

simonw on Aug 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: GitHub Issues-only project management

I don't see why that's a sign of the wrong tool: if it's OK to use a GitHub repo for code and not for issues, why not use one for issues and not for code?

I drop a single README.md in the root of the repo that links to the issues and leave it at that.