You already have a Git server

#1

Post by sheelagay » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC

You already have a Git server
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Re: You already have a Git server

#2

Post by account42 » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC

You can also have an upstream git repo on a local filesystem and add that as a remote.

But when most people talk about a git server that includes collaboration and giving people SSH access just so that they can read from your repo is not reasonable.

Re: You already have a Git server

#3

Post by cassianoleal » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC

account42 wrote: post #2

You can also have an upstream git repo on a local filesystem and add that as a remote. But when most people talk about a git server that includes collaboration and giving people SSH access just so that they can read from your repo is not reasonable.

I'm nodding along.

Re: You already have a Git server

#4

Post by pavel_lishin » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

Huh, I've always set up bare repos as my "local" (on a desktop somewhere in my house) destination. I didn't realize you could just use regular repos.

Re: You already have a Git server

#5

Post by AnthonyR » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

I find it strange the websites some of these HN articles are hosted on... going through the effort to write a post before getting a domain outside of .vercel.app is interesting.

Re: You already have a Git server

#6

Post by ramon156 » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

Can you rewrite this by hand, please? I was so confused what this article was supposed to tell me.

> No YAML file with 47 indents.

What is this referencing? what yaml file?

The front-end also screams AI generated

Re: You already have a Git server

#7

Post by mr_mitm » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

> That is it. No Docker. No CI pipeline. No serverless function. No YAML file with 47 indents. Just SSH and git — two tools you already have.

Sigh.

Re: You already have a Git server

#8

Post by kuschkufan » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

ramon156 wrote: post #6

Can you rewrite this by hand, please? I was so confused what this article was supposed to tell me. > No YAML file with 47 indents. What is this referencing? what yaml file? The front-end also screams AI generated

maybe just ask your chat ai as usual?

Re: You already have a Git server

#9

Post by charles_f » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

AnthonyR wrote: post #5

I find it strange the websites some of these HN articles are hosted on... going through the effort to write a post before getting a domain outside of .vercel.app is interesting.

> the effort to write a post

This post was pretty obviously written by llm. You can assume the llm also picked the hosting platform.

Re: You already have a Git server

#10

Post by kgwxd » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC

account42 wrote: post #2

You can also have an upstream git repo on a local filesystem and add that as a remote. But when most people talk about a git server that includes collaboration and giving people SSH access just so that they can read from your repo is not reasonable.

As a species, I think we're past the point of thinking headlines are for conveying accurate information. The primary purpose is algorithm manipulation and attention grabbing. Every decent content creator openly admits as much. Direct complaints to the Lords of Engagement. They won't listen, but no one else wants to hear it either.