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If only there was some kind of distributed version control system. /s
Of course, there is. You just need to host it. Self-hosted GitLab mirrors work great when GitHub is down. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/repositor...
I don't see the point for major open-source projects or even company projects to depend on a third-party provider for git services in the cloud that is not on-premise. It's fine if the source code is self-hosted or on premise and the mirror is hosted on some cloud VCS like Github, but not the other-way round, which for the latter you risk getting problems like this. The case for self-hosting a VCS server for serious…
GitHub addiction is not just about git itself. It's about the entire ecosystem of pull requests, issues, forking, linking to related projects, CI integrations, hosting for docs, and so on, all integrated under one sign-on umbrella. It is awfully convenient. Yes, for sure you can self-host one of the alternatives like GitLab, or assemble an equivalent set of services from smaller parts. It is absolutely reasonable to…
In the case of other risks of only using GH to host your project, Its like hosting your encrypted private key on Keybase because it is temptingly convenient but both run the risk of going down or getting compromised in a security breach.
Serious projects like the Linux kernel, WebKit and Chromium aren't primarily hosted on Github but have Github mirrors instead which makes more sense.
PSA: I just received a github phishing request that was not detected by Gmail. I almost fell for it. Phishing email looks like a "review your suspicious activity" alert, but the alert is the suspicious activity. https://imgur.com/a/zdtWmuN
If only there was some kind of distributed version control system. /s
Of course, there is. You just need to host it. Self-hosted GitLab mirrors work great when GitHub is down. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/repositor...
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I don't see the point for major open-source projects or even company projects to depend on a third-party provider for git services in the cloud that is not on-premise. It's fine if the source code is self-hosted or on premise and the mirror is hosted on some cloud VCS like Github, but not the other-way round, which for the latter you risk getting problems like this. The case for self-hosting a VCS server for serious…
Unless you have the (ops) capacity to host it yourself reliably, chances are GitHub will be up more than your self-hosted solution. As I'm typing this, I'm waiting for GitHub to recover so I can deploy an update to a rather important project for a big client. However, I'm happy it's their engineers to be scrambling to fix their git hosting, instead of me context switching from my work and rushing to duct-tape piece o…
For an individual it's absolutely trivial to self-host git over ssh more reliably than github.
It just costs a bit of money.
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Hopefully does not depend on github webhooks for replication!
It does, but it would've mirrored your latest commit before it went down. Anyway, here's how you connect Keybase to GitHub: https://blog.codefor.cash/2019/08/30/free-automatic-github-b... https://github.com/codeforcash/github-to-keybase-mirror Note: this was a v1, and I'm sure there are more resilient ways to do this. Critical feedback strongly encouraged (ideally along with suggestions).
Edit: I can see where your solution has an advantage. When one accepts contributions, all of that can be automated with web hooks via github. Still, having to run lambda/similar for this is a bit heavy weight.
Edit 2: Considering that for a release, I would opt in for release from a tag or explicit commit, that would be a non issue. Pull when needed, for redundancy, use another, self hosted bare repo. Push there in case of github down.
If only there was some kind of distributed version control system. /s
Of course, there is. You just need to host it. Self-hosted GitLab mirrors work great when GitHub is down. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/repositor...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unless you have the (ops) capacity to host it yourself reliably, chances are GitHub will be up more than your self-hosted solution. As I'm typing this, I'm waiting for GitHub to recover so I can deploy an update to a rather important project for a big client. However, I'm happy it's their engineers to be scrambling to fix their git hosting, instead of me context switching from my work and rushing to duct-tape piece o…
> Unless you have the (ops) capacity to host it yourself reliably, chances are GitHub will be up more than your self-hosted solution. For an individual it's absolutely trivial to self-host git over ssh more reliably than github. It just costs a bit of money.