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Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by jayd16 »

NewJazz wrote: post #195
noirscape wrote: post #14

I don't dislike Codeberg inherently, but it's not a "true" GitHub replacement. It can handle a good chunk of GitHub repositories (namely those for well established FOSS projects looking to have everything a proper capital P project has), but if you're just looking for a generic place to put your code projects that aren't necessarily intended for public release and support (ie. random automation scripts, scraps of con…

Unfortunately I don't think there's really an answer to that conundrum that doesn't involve just spinning up your own git server and accepting all the operational overhead that comes with it. Hmm all that operational overhead... Of an ssh server? If you literally just want a place to push some code, then that really isn't that hard.

Lots and lots of programmers have very little understanding and especially operation knowledge of how to host a public service. You can be an extreme graphics programmer and not know the web stack at all.

And no, its not that hard once you learn. Except, now its a never ending chore when it was an appliance. Instead of a car you have a project car.

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by tbayramov »

stephenr wrote: post #210
tbayramov wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Shameless plug) Hey, I’m building Monohub - as a GitHub alternative, and having private repositories is perhaps a key feature - it started as a place for me to host my own random stuff. Monohub [dot] dev is the URL. It’s quite early in development, so it’s quite rough around the edges. It has PR support though. Hosted in EU, incorporated in EU. Would be happy if you tried it out — maybe it’s something for you. Edit:…

Are you using an existing forge package (like eg Forgejo which codeberg is built on) or something custom?

Custom-built on top of libgit2.

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by zahlman »

jayd16 wrote: post #211
NewJazz wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately I don't think there's really an answer to that conundrum that doesn't involve just spinning up your own git server and accepting all the operational overhead that comes with it. Hmm all that operational overhead... Of an ssh server? If you literally just want a place to push some code, then that really isn't that hard.

Lots and lots of programmers have very little understanding and especially operation knowledge of how to host a public service. You can be an extreme graphics programmer and not know the web stack at all. And no, its not that hard once you learn. Except, now its a never ending chore when it was an appliance. Instead of a car you have a project car.

> Lots and lots of programmers have very little understanding and especially operation knowledge of how to host a public service. You can be an extreme graphics programmer and not know the web stack at all.

Can confirm.

Also, not everyone who wants to share content publicly has a domain name with which to do so, or the kind of Internet connection that allows running a server. If you include "hosting" by using a hosting provider... it's perfectly possible (raises hand) to not even have any experience with that after decades of writing code and being on the Internet. (Unless you count things like, well, GitHub and its services, anyway.)

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by stock_toaster »

fatterypt wrote: post #139
stock_toaster wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently ran across codefloe[1] recently in another thread[2], and have been considering it for private non-floss-related repos... haven't tried it out yet though, so mileage may vary. [1]: https://codefloe.com/ [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487436

I've been using codefloe for everything personal, and I couldn't be happier. It's been stable, snappy, and offers me everything I need. I don't miss GitHub a single bit

Thanks for the positive anecdote. That gives me more motivation to finally try it out.

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by sneak »

noirscape wrote: post #14

I don't dislike Codeberg inherently, but it's not a "true" GitHub replacement. It can handle a good chunk of GitHub repositories (namely those for well established FOSS projects looking to have everything a proper capital P project has), but if you're just looking for a generic place to put your code projects that aren't necessarily intended for public release and support (ie. random automation scripts, scraps of con…

I love Gitea and self-hosting it has been effortless, even through upgrades.

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by WhyNotHugo »

tbayramov wrote: post #200
noirscape wrote: post #14

I don't dislike Codeberg inherently, but it's not a "true" GitHub replacement. It can handle a good chunk of GitHub repositories (namely those for well established FOSS projects looking to have everything a proper capital P project has), but if you're just looking for a generic place to put your code projects that aren't necessarily intended for public release and support (ie. random automation scripts, scraps of con…

(Shameless plug) Hey, I’m building Monohub - as a GitHub alternative, and having private repositories is perhaps a key feature - it started as a place for me to host my own random stuff. Monohub [dot] dev is the URL. It’s quite early in development, so it’s quite rough around the edges. It has PR support though. Hosted in EU, incorporated in EU. Would be happy if you tried it out — maybe it’s something for you. Edit:…

Doesn’t .dev belong to Google? An old choice or provider for a EU-focused hosting.

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by WhyNotHugo »

ronsor wrote: post #112

The truth is that I publish OSS projects on GitHub because that's where the community is, and the issues/pull requests/discussions are a bonus. If I just want to host my code, I can self host or use an SSH/SFTP server as a git remote, and that's usually what I do.

> that's where the community is

The part of the FOSS community that embraces proprietary dependencies are there, but there’s a lot of the community outside of it.

Fortunately, GitHub is pushing hard for folks to want to move away.

Re: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

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Post by WhyNotHugo »

woodruffw wrote: post #11

I think evaluating alternatives to GitHub is going to become increasingly important over the coming years. At the same time, I think these kinds of migrations discount how much GitHub has changed the table stakes/raised the bar for what makes a valuable source forge: it's simply no longer reasonable to BYO CI or accept one that can't natively build for a common set of end-user architectures. This on its own makes me…

> it's simply no longer reasonable to BYO CI or accept one that can't natively build for a common set of end-user architectures.

GitHub’s hosted runners support a grant total of two architectures.

The only forges which I’ve seen with more variety are distributios’ forges usually hosting their own runners.

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