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Gitlab is not the only GitHub alternative

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Re: Gitlab is not the only GitHub alternative

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Post by veddox »

wow-bot wrote: post #6

I've used Phabricator, BitBucket and GitLab and I still think GitLab suits me best. Upvote for choices though

I think I would really enjoy working with GitLab, but a while ago I tried to set up an instance on my own server and it was a real pain... Then, once I finally got it running, it turned out to hog incredible amounts of resources even when doing absolutely nothing. So I gave it the kick.

If I were the sysadmin for a large-ish organization and had a dedicated server for nothing but code hosting, I would definitely go with them. But for my own private purposes it wasn't the right choice.

Re: Gitlab is not the only GitHub alternative

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Post by veddox »

parvenu74 wrote: post #4

Likewise, Git isn't the only distributed source control solution... and probably not even the best, as detailed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17242015

I still mourn the passing of Bazaar (Canonical's CVS, developed in tandem with Git but abandoned some years back). It was a lot easier to learn and use than Git and had a beautifully clean Python codebase. Unfortunately, it was also slower than Git and not as powerful, and eventually just lost out in the survival of the fittest...

Though having said that, it's still alive in the Ubuntu universe, and there's a community effort underway to keep up maintenance and port it to Python3, under the new name of Breezy.

Re: Gitlab is not the only GitHub alternative

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

tangue wrote: post #18

As a side discussion, it's a good time to push alternatives to git like fossil or mercurial.

Because...? As far as I can tell, they offer no significant technical advantages over Git. And it doesn't make sense to leave Git just for the sake of diversity, as it's just a tool, and the fact that most developer know its basics is very useful - you don't lose much time dealing with version control training for each new project.

Re: Gitlab is not the only GitHub alternative

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Post by js2 »

neandrake wrote: post #2

If you've been keeping up with HN the past day or so there have been a bunch of great discussion around alternatives [1] Kallithea https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17246386 [2] Phabricator https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17245649 [3] GitTorrent https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17234498 [4] GitHub Alternatives https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17241487 [5] Gitea https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=172…

[10] https://www.gerritcodereview.com/

Re: Gitlab is not the only GitHub alternative

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Post by addcn »

erjjones wrote: post #13

GitLab has taken a good amount of funding. Which means they will sell out eventually and the ones concerned about big brother taking over will be right back in this discussion again. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gitlab-com Some type of crowd funded federation needs to be created and owned by all of us if we truly want out from under this type of concern.

I caution the community against optimizing for continuity when there are so many other factors that come into play. Sure it sucks to change which tool you rely on every few years but that’s bound to happen anyway for one reason or another.

I mean it’s all Git so switching might take 20 mins a repo, but without some of the great features the most modern (often well funded) companies offer you might lose 10 mins or more a day.

It’s all up to you but I don’t value continuity as much I do productivity.

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