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They did the same accidentally to the co-founder https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/1754610843361362360 Once I'd seen that, I doubled down on my self hosted GitLab and never looked back. GitHub can be a mirror for public good, but it's no castle I want to be a prisoner of.
I recently encountered this with Apple (https://skogsbrus.xyz/dont-put-all-your-apples-in-one-basket...). After 2 months I'm still fighting them to recover some of my devices.
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As far as I'm concerned, the first platform to get federated merge requests will win it all.
Merge requests are already federated on any platform using Git, just email an author.
Automated account suspension is anti-consumerist for the % of false positives. And since that % likely is low, companies get away with ridiculous processes for recovering your account. I recently encountered this with Apple ( https://skogsbrus.xyz/dont-put-all-your-apples-in-one-basket... ). After 2 months I'm still fighting them to recover some of my devices.
I've used GitHub for years knowing that Microsoft owning it, they're headed for a place I won't like. I just haven't experienced that until now. I've been trying out sr.ht and codeberg.org. Sadly the product is nowhere near GitHub.
I just installed gitea and never looked back. Lightweight, does all I need and full control. Microsoft killing the place was very foreseeable
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-1918...
I don't think that a modern git web front-end needs to either look ugly and lack basic features, or be a security vulnerability, or be run by a gigantic corporation.
It just happens that you can only choose between those right now.
I really wish there were something as nice as GitHub, self-hosted, with a better security model.
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Merge requests are already federated on any platform using Git, just email an author.
Email is federated, but I don't see how that means "any platform using Git" now has federated merge requests?
Merging your patch even comes built-in with Git. The place hosting your Git repo doesn't need anything special to support this. You email the author, they merge your patch and then git push.
Update: After HN post, GitHub emailed me instantly telling me their algorithm mistakenly banned me and they can’t tell me why or which organizations were affected.
I've used GitHub for years knowing that Microsoft owning it, they're headed for a place I won't like. I just haven't experienced that until now. I've been trying out sr.ht and codeberg.org. Sadly the product is nowhere near GitHub.
They did the same accidentally to the co-founder https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/1754610843361362360 Once I'd seen that, I doubled down on my self hosted GitLab and never looked back. GitHub can be a mirror for public good, but it's no castle I want to be a prisoner of.
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Email is federated, but I don't see how that means "any platform using Git" now has federated merge requests?
You email the author, the author can merge your patch or pull from your repo/branch. Merging your patch even comes built-in with Git. The place hosting your Git repo doesn't need anything special to support this. You email the author, they merge your patch and then git push.