From a quick look, I believe "Dgit is a Git remote helper for decentralized [...]" would be a more accurate title.
Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
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Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#12I don’t see any mention of issue/wiki support? Without that my GitHub workflow would be dramatically changed.
Absolutely. Our strategy is to give you a decentralized on-ramp by starting with GitHub's central value proposition of the "one true git remote" that everyone can share. We made a GitHub action (https://github.com/quorumcontrol/dgit-github-action) to automatically mirror GitHub pushes on dgit so you can continue using GitHub's other tools (like issues and wikis) until dgit offers a compelling alternative for those.
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#13Not being able to pull from or push to the git remote is pretty low on the list of problems when GitHub goes down. If that’s the main problem I’ll just set up gitolite on a server (and I do) and call it a day.
All the issue/PR discussions and CI/CD are the real problems, and this doesn’t seem to help at all, so good luck collaborating without changing your workflow when GitHub is down.
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#14Not being able to pull from or push to the git remote is pretty low on the list of problems when GitHub goes down. If that’s the main problem I’ll just set up gitolite on a server (and I do) and call it a day. All the issue/PR discussions and CI/CD are the real problems, and this doesn’t seem to help at all, so good luck collaborating without changing your workflow when GitHub is down.
Shameless plug regarding the issues: https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
dgit dev here. Good question. For starters, dgit is not 100% tied to Sia, it's just a great decentralized file hosting service so we started with it as the first default. But to answer your question, anyone can host Sia nodes. Here are their docs on that: https://support.sia.tech/category/0OpBuOHIVD-hosting
Thanks for the info. Is there a simple way right now to use another storage backend than Sia? E.g. If I have a group of people that want to participate in hosting, but only want to host data from the people in the group? Essentially, can you use dgit to store a repo decentralised without having to set up git synchronisation tools, but while still having control over the hosting infrastructure?
hey cfstras, another dgit dev here. Each repo has a storage adapter specified, so any storage infrastructure is possible, but at this moment we've only written two: sia and on tupelo network.
We've had a lot of experience with running IPFS nodes internally, that might be a great option for you in this case? We are in early stages and will add more adapters as feedback informs.
Also, its open source and we would love PRs :) - the storage interface is pretty straight forward:
https://github.com/go-git/go-git/blob/master/storage/storer....
Here is an example within dgit: https://github.com/quorumcontrol/dgit/blob/master/storage/ch...
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#16As others have commented, this appears to be a decentralised alternative to GitHUB rather than Git itself (which is already decentralised).
For a similar project, see git-ssb https://git.scuttlebot.io/%25n92DiQh7ietE%2BR%2BX%2FI403LQoy...
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#17As others have commented, this appears to be a decentralised alternative to GitHUB rather than Git itself (which is already decentralised). For a similar project, see git-ssb https://git.scuttlebot.io/%25n92DiQh7ietE%2BR%2BX%2FI403LQoy...
Another Dgit deve here. You're right. Git is decentralized, but most people use centralized git remotes like GitHub. Dgit makes using a decentralized git remote easier. Eventually we'll build more decentralized alternatives to other GitHub features, but the most important value proposition that GitHub provides now is as a git remote, so that's what we started with. We've provide a GitHub action that allows you to use GitHub's other features until we build more decentralized alternatives
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#18As others have commented, this appears to be a decentralised alternative to GitHUB rather than Git itself (which is already decentralised). For a similar project, see git-ssb https://git.scuttlebot.io/%25n92DiQh7ietE%2BR%2BX%2FI403LQoy...
Another Dgit deve here. You're right. Git is decentralized, but most people use centralized git remotes like GitHub. Dgit makes using a decentralized git remote easier. Eventually we'll build more decentralized alternatives to other GitHub features, but the most important value proposition that GitHub provides now is as a git remote, so that's what we started with. We've provide a GitHub action that allows you to use…
do you provide advantages to ssb?
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the info. Is there a simple way right now to use another storage backend than Sia? E.g. If I have a group of people that want to participate in hosting, but only want to host data from the people in the group? Essentially, can you use dgit to store a repo decentralised without having to set up git synchronisation tools, but while still having control over the hosting infrastructure?
hey cfstras, another dgit dev here. Each repo has a storage adapter specified, so any storage infrastructure is possible, but at this moment we've only written two: sia and on tupelo network. We've had a lot of experience with running IPFS nodes internally, that might be a great option for you in this case? We are in early stages and will add more adapters as feedback informs. Also, its open source and we would love…
Thanks for the example, looks easy enough :)
Re: Dgit: Git with decentralized remotes
#20Not being able to pull from or push to the git remote is pretty low on the list of problems when GitHub goes down. If that’s the main problem I’ll just set up gitolite on a server (and I do) and call it a day. All the issue/PR discussions and CI/CD are the real problems, and this doesn’t seem to help at all, so good luck collaborating without changing your workflow when GitHub is down.
Our setup process is a much lighter lift than standing up a server and installing gitolite on it.
But yes, if GitHub is down, then your workflow is going to change. We're hoping to close that gap down the road, but having a way to continue pushing and pulling with collaborators with a very quick setup seemed compelling to us. Not to mention the benefits that decentralization itself brings.
The vast majority of git users tend to agree on one "origin" remote and 99-100% of their pushes and pulls are to/from that remote. So git, in practice, tends to be centralized when it comes time to collaborate with others. We're trying to re-decentralize that aspect while accommodating the convenient workflows we're all used to.