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Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by fnando » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:26 PM UTC

angrycoder wrote: post #16

Maybe I'm not fully understanding this.. If I don't need the web interface and public code sharing, why would I use this verse getting a Linode instance and installing git there.

I know I don't need a web interface, at the same time I know people that loves and only uses the UI. Why not solving this specific problem and still making all other users happy?

Makes sense?

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by mrcharles » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:27 PM UTC

I just use bitbucket.org + Mercurial. More than enough for personal projects, or more, given that it's unlimited. The only limit is amount of users.

Switching to Hg was a bit of work, but I've actually learned to like it more than Git. Really though, it's the same kind of thing and I just use both. So I ended up at bitbucket for the same reasons OP built a new site.

My way was quicker though.

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by barkingcat » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:27 PM UTC

yakto wrote: post #10

Anyone else happy with Assembla? 2GB, unlimited repos and users, source browser, etc.: http://offers.assembla.com/free-git-hosting/

The UI at Assembla is awkward to work with. I participated in a project that used Assembla, and I kept getting a flood of emails attached to tasks and revisions that I didn't want to follow.

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by zck » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:28 PM UTC

It's Mercurial, not git, but bitbucket offers unlimited private repositories: https://bitbucket.org/plans

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by BlazingFrog » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:30 PM UTC

yakto wrote: post #10

Anyone else happy with Assembla? 2GB, unlimited repos and users, source browser, etc.: http://offers.assembla.com/free-git-hosting/

Been using then to host my small personal projects for a year or two (using their SVN repo). So far, so good (so free too).

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by initself » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:30 PM UTC

angrycoder wrote: post #16

Maybe I'm not fully understanding this.. If I don't need the web interface and public code sharing, why would I use this verse getting a Linode instance and installing git there.

$9 vs $20?

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by mcantor » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:30 PM UTC

fnando wrote: post #8

kgtm wrote: post #6

Is it really necessary to disguise a Linode referrer link using bit.ly in the homepage? I would be more inclined to click it if it wasn't masked...

I just wanted to see how many clicks that would have, but you're right. Just removed the link since I just don't care. ;)

You might be able to do a quick happy medium by generating a "vanity url" such as bit.ly/sneaky-affiliate-link or something.

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by bad_user » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:34 PM UTC

I configured a Git server on my EC2 micro-instance and just use that.

I was a paying GitHub customer until I decided that I spent too much money on online subscriptions. But when I'll pay for a Git hosting service again, I'm going back to GitHub, as I'm still a happy user of their free account. GitHub rocks.

Sure, competition is good, but I don't get what codeplane.com is offering, considering that configuring your own in-the-cloud repository is so easy on a VPS (that you're likely to have anyway and be left unused to its full potential otherwise).

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by programminggeek » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

Good for you for building this and then charging for it. There certainly is a place in the market for what you are doing and the price you are doing it.

Good job.

Re: Why I've built an alternative to Github

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Post by masnick » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

You can set something like this up on any VPS with gitolite (https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite) pretty easily. gitolite lets you set up very fine-grained per-user/repo/branch permissions, manage your users' SSH keys, and gives you nice clean git@git.you.com:repo-name access to your remotes.

I've done this for myself with a $48/year VPS from prgmr.com specifically because I needed more private repos than Github could offer (my setup instructions are here: https://gist.github.com/1035834).

Granted, if codeplane.com existed six months ago I probably wouldn't have bothered with gitolite. It appears they do nice things for you like backups.