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Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by nchelluri »

elliotec wrote: post #82
markdog12 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't really quite understand all the love of GitLab - Open Source - Free private repos - Free self-host (edit to add "Free") - Everything in one spot (repos, ci, review, coding environment, etc...)

It's only kind of open source, and only partly. They call it open core, so saying open source outright is a bit misleading. The review feature is very new in GL, and that plus all of the things you are mentioning within "everything in one spot" is available in this update (except maybe the coding env, not sure what that means anyway), if you've read the announcement. Github also has self hosting.

Where can I find a link about self hosted Github? Just curious to read about it.

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by mr_november »

eyelidlessness wrote: post #67
bowmessage wrote: post #15

Is this the death of Trello?

I'd switch instantly if: 1. There was a faster and more contextual way to edit issues on a project. 2. There was a way to set up an opinionated workflow where e.g. opening a PR against an issue moves the issue to "Review"; closing said PR moves issue to "Done" and closes it; closing an issue directly moves it to "Done" and vice versa. Without this, there's way too much interaction required for even GitHub's own prefe…

Hi - Codetree [1] does a lot of what you're asking for (specifically 3, 5, 6) and I love the other stuff you mention, we've been thinking hard on a couple of them. Would love to quickly chat about your workflow just to learn, not to sell, if you can spare the 15 mins. If you're interested shoot me an email at arif@codetree.com.

[1] https://codetree.com

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by jenniferDewalt »

jglovier wrote: post #26
captn3m0 wrote: post #17

This is a rough summary of what all I read in the blog post: 1. projects. replaces trello, waffle.io, zenhub and many other similar services. 2. code reviews allow approval/request changes as sunny's screenshot shows 3. reviews can be made mandatory. 4. github platform integrations is getting a roadmap 5. a graphql api to query their database 6. enforce 2fa in organizations (much love for this one) 7. summarized time…

>projects. replaces trello, waffle.io, zenhub and many other similar services. This is really not about replacing those services, it's more about building a better foundation for integrators like Waffle and ZenHub to build on.

Founder of Zube here. GitHub Projects seems like a nice solution for very small teams, side projects and open source projects. However, serious teams need more powerful features like a well thought out workflow, support for multiple repos and burndown charts.

Shameless plug: Zube has all these things and more - https://zube.io :)

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by markdog12 »

elliotec wrote: post #77
lucideer wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As well as the sibling comments here, one could also argue Gitlab deserves at least partial credit for motivating this pick up in pace.

I think it was more the open letter to Github, which motivated both Github and GitLab (seen as an opportunity to compete). GitLab's roadmap yesterday surely didn't motivate or spawn the "New GitHub Universe," and I wouldn't think that Github is very nervous about GitLab currently due to it's massive lead in the market. Maybe this new round of funding made some of the folks at Github look over at Gitlab, but I doubt t…

> I wouldn't think that Github is very nervous about GitLab

Just my 2 cents, but I think they very well should be

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by moby »

prh8 wrote: post #102

I'd really like it if the Pull Requests page would denote which PRs I've already approved. That is one thing I really liked from Bitbucket, it makes it easy to skip over what I've already approved. It would become slightly more complex though, because then you'd probably want to see something for PRs you've approved but had subsequent changes on.

Great feedback point here - I've passed it along to our Engineering team.

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by gerry_shaw »

sergiotapia wrote: post #86

Can we import a Trello project with all it's lists/cards seamlessly into a github repos `project`?

Not even close. Trello has way more features for cards. Project notes are really just a blob of text (Markdown?) and that's it. No title, description, checklists, attachments, or comments. One can imagine them coming though and with the Projects API on the roadmap you would then be able to do an import.

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by yamaneko »

FireBeyond wrote: post #94
Dobbs wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

github has self-hosting. It is a little pricey but that is not a product differentiator.

No-one said it was. But the answer of self-hosting is a perfectly valid answer for "Why the love for GitLab?" when one = $0 in licensing, and the other = > $2,500/year in licensing.

Plus, not too long ago, GitHub restricted the number of free private repositories, for users and educational organizations. Although they offered educational plans for labs, it still had its limitations. Thus, free self-hosting was what attracted us to use GitLab in our lab.

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by SSLy »

Mizza wrote: post #91

The inconsistent and non-sensical font and white space on the new profile pages is giving me an indescribable form of anxiety. If anybody out from the GH design team is out there, please put it back to how it was. :(. Example: https://github.com/Miserlou 10 font sizes is too many for any one page.

I on the other hand have troubles reading it all - the contrast is way too small.

Re: Announcing new tools, forums, and features

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Post by moby »

vcarl wrote: post #18

The improvements to code reviews are really exciting. Having comments submit all at once instead of one at a time is a great UX change, I've definitely gotten sidetracked mid-review because somebody started responding to my initial comments when I'm neck deep. Comment threading is super useful for discussion-heavy comments like code review, and an in-UI approve/request changes is great.

That's awesome to hear - we're glad you like those changes! As you dive into it further, let us know how it works for you.
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