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    Is this something that you suspect will be a problem, or is it already a problem (e.g., the editors declined your paper)? In the first case, I suggest not worrying. My impression with double-blind reviewing is that it operates on the "honors code"; the veil of author anonymity is easily broken and editors are well aware of that. The point of double-blind is to avoid rubbing the authors' identities in the referees' faces, not to completely rule out the possibility of them discovering them. Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 8:38
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    @darijgrinberg Writing, "Our code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/AuthorName," seems like rubbing the authors' identities in the referees' faces, noting the GitHub repo...identifies one of us [by] the username in the url.
    – user2768
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 8:53
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    @darijgrinberg Link shorteners should never be included in a submitted manuscript, because they allow the author to track who accesses the linked resource. If the author can see in their logs that someone from the network of the Technical University of Sikinia clicked on their link, it's easy to guess who the referee is. Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 9:21
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    @FedericoPoloni: Good point!! Better solution: Zenodo hosts snapshots of GitHub repos, and they can be accessed by IDs that don't include the author's name (at least not visibly); so that might be the right thing to do (for long-term preservation reasons as well). Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 9:23
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    Relevant (and possibly a duplicate?): How to anonymize self-citation of source code repository in IEEE double blind peer review?
    – Anyon
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 18:49