• zaphod@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    The idea of “self-hosting” git is so incredibly weird to me. Somehow GitHub managed to convince everyone that Git requires some kind of backend service. Meanwhile, I just push private code to bare repositories on my NAS via SSH.

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      8 months ago

      You’re completely missing the point. Even Gitea (much simpler than GitHub, nevermind GitLab) is much more than a git backend. It’s viewable in a browser, renders markdown, has integrated CI functionality, and so on.

      Even for my meager self-host use-case, being able to view markdown docs in the browser is useful from time to time, even on my phone.

      As for the things I use (a self-hosted) GitLab instance at work for… that doesn’t even scratch the surface.

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        8 months ago

        Do you honestly think they’re “completely missing the point”? Read the meme. There’s no mention of gitea. Self-hosting git is nothing to wiggle your tie over. Maybe setting up the things you are talking about are, but git?

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          8 months ago

          The title of the post is literally “I love my Gitea”.

          The content of them meme does conflate “git” with its various frontends (like gitea), but it’s an incredibly common misnomer so who cares?

          The person I responded to then went on a weird rant about how “git by itself is distributed” which is completely irrelevant to the point since OP’s Gitea provides a whole lot more.

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            8 months ago

            I said “read the meme” because that is all I was addressing. The title is just engagement-bait as far as I’m concerned. It’s either a meme or question. I’m sure others are here for the question but not the meme. And therefore, I’m being engagement-baited. Who knows, but I was clear about what I was talking about.

            I just think saying “you’re completely missing the point” to a comment that is perfectly on topic is completely uncalled for.

            I reason I think git is dead-simple to “self-host” is because I do it. I’m not a computer guy. I just used svn to version control some papers with fellow grad students. (it didn’t last, i was the only one that liked it.) so now i use git for some notes i archive. I’m not saying there aren’t tools to considerably upgrade the easy-of-use factor that would require some tech skills I don’t possess, but I stand by point.

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      8 months ago

      Bare repos with multiple users are a bit of a hassle because of file permissions. It works, and works well, as long as you set things up right and have clear processes. But god help you if you don’t.

      I find that with multiple users the safest way is to set up/use a service. Plus you get a lot of extra features like issue tracking and stuff.

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        8 months ago

        Agreed, which is why you’ll find in a subsequent comment I allow for the fact that in a multi-user scenario, a support service on top of Git makes real sense.

        Given this post is joking about being ashamed of their code, I can only surmise that, like I’m betting most self-hosters, they’re not dealing with a multi-user use case.

        Well, that or they want to limit their shame to their close friends and/or colleagues…

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      8 months ago

      Somehow GitHub managed to convince everyone that Git

      It has gotten so bad, that the Windows Git Application(s) at our school is in a folder called “GitHub” (╥﹏╥)