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Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by jmuhlich »

stupidcar wrote: post #60

One of the best uses of GitHub is being able to search for some obscure framework method name or enum constant, and find examples of working code that uses it. This has saved my life many times when trying to figure out how to configure Java frameworks to interact with each other. When searching for this kind of code, you have to wade through an awful lot of repos containing half-baked personal projects, experiments,…

Honest question: how do you make github search work for you? It often fails to find stuff that I know exists in a given repo. Nothing fancy, even single-word full symbol names.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by eeeeeeeeeeeee »

freehunter wrote: post #56
balls187 wrote: post #38

This is a smart move. Gives developers who have small indy projects a reason to use Github rather than a competitor (I know I use gitlab precisely because it's free for my private one-off repos).

I actually switched from Github to Gitlab about two months ago just for this reason. I bootstrap my company from my own pocket and wanted to save a few dollars every month. Really wish I knew this was coming before I deleted the repos and migrated everything. edit -- to everyone asking, I have no problems with Gitlab and I also have no strong preference Gitlab vs Github, they both perform the same role for me in exac…

I did the exact same thing a few weeks ago.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by tebbers »

freehunter wrote: post #56
balls187 wrote: post #38

This is a smart move. Gives developers who have small indy projects a reason to use Github rather than a competitor (I know I use gitlab precisely because it's free for my private one-off repos).

I actually switched from Github to Gitlab about two months ago just for this reason. I bootstrap my company from my own pocket and wanted to save a few dollars every month. Really wish I knew this was coming before I deleted the repos and migrated everything. edit -- to everyone asking, I have no problems with Gitlab and I also have no strong preference Gitlab vs Github, they both perform the same role for me in exac…

Exactly the same situation here! Dammit!

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by StavrosK »

balls187 wrote: post #38

This is a smart move. Gives developers who have small indy projects a reason to use Github rather than a competitor (I know I use gitlab precisely because it's free for my private one-off repos).

My move to Gitlab was basically "come for the free repos, stay for the rest of the amazing features". I will not be moving off it, and my new repos will keep being on Gitlab.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by godot »

niij wrote: post #52
matthewjhughes wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the author of this post. The article has been updated to clarify that I accidentally published it one day before the embargo lifted. GitHub will formally announce the news tomorrow.

I would've deleted it as soon as you noticed. Might not have stopped people from noticing (nothing on the internet is ever deleted blah blah), but might have improved the optics a bit.

I am also curious why he didn't remove the post as soon as he noticed? Does TNW have policies regarding published stories not being removed?

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by sjcsjc »

pastor_elm wrote: post #75
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D > Thank you Github / Microsoft! What a weird way to thank a company. I get it, but still.

I don't thank for profit companies. They should thank me.

Ideally, both parties act out of self-interest and both benefit. Thanks, while nice, are not required of either side.
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