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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 bdcravens »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #29
lettergram wrote: post #4

Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D Thank you Github / Microsoft! > Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn’t live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow. When that happens, we’ll update this post with a link to the official announcement. Also... kinda unfair to others.

> 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 currently am on the $7/mo plan for myself (5 private repos I think) - I presume for users this benefits, there's no need to cancel anything.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by davesque »

klinskyc wrote: post #39

While understandable, this is sad to see. The amount of interesting and useful code that is currently available due to GitHub defaulting to public will likely be seriously negatively impacted by this.

But doesn't that kind of assume there was previously no free way to host private repos?

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by scrollaway »

StavrosK wrote: post #96
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.

Yeah indeed. I actually thought for a moment this meant I could switch back to GitHub, but I use gitlab-ci a lot and really like it.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by hluska »

egeozcan wrote: post #88
laumars wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This genuinely seems like an accident judging by the authors Tweets: https://twitter.com/matthewhughes

If I could ever get over the fact that they are using Wordpress, I still wouldn't be able to explain how a single person can set dates and publish stories on their own?!

I don't work for TNW and have never written for them, but web editing often works like this:

1.) Author submits an article often as a word file.

2.) Editor starts working on the word file.

3.) Author and editor do 1-5 rounds of edits using track changes.

4.) Editor says "Great, post it to run at xx:xx on mm-dd."

5.) The author actually logs in and makes the post.

If you're thinking that technology we use every day could solve this problem, you're right! Alas, it's harder to fix years of habits than the technical issues behind the habits.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by andybak »

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…

Isn't a migration back just a git clone away?

Assuming you're not using Issues or anything non-portable.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by tixocloud »

snazz wrote: post #81
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.

Did they just cut off a significant source of revenue, or do companies that subscribe to Enterprise make them so much more money that it doesn’t matter?

It’s about getting as much visibility and usage as possible from developers in hopes that you would recommend Github in your organisation. Also provides a strong platform to reach a very targeted audience as well as gauge developer trends.
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