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Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by kaoD » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 4:35 AM UTC

616c wrote: post #30

I checked out this guy's site. I understand he is reinventing the wheel. I respect that and do not mean anything negative about that. A lot of us are here to understand the wheel and build for ourselves. There is good value for that. What I do not understand, with all due respect, is the value of Github, and to a lesser extent Bitbucket, is in the features outside of the VCS core and how most people realize there is…

It's simple: discoverability of open source code. Good look getting attention on your self-hosted project.

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by hipaulshi » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 4:55 AM UTC

Well. I have to be honest. I used to do just that. And it is not fun to worry about backups and server breaking down. Outsourcing this part to Github will probably save a lot of developer/IT headache if you are a small company.

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by LukeShu » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 4:58 AM UTC

616c wrote: post #30

I checked out this guy's site. I understand he is reinventing the wheel. I respect that and do not mean anything negative about that. A lot of us are here to understand the wheel and build for ourselves. There is good value for that. What I do not understand, with all due respect, is the value of Github, and to a lesser extent Bitbucket, is in the features outside of the VCS core and how most people realize there is…

(minor?) correction:

    > more recently a la ArchLinux and Music Player Daemon
    > (MPD) I have seen Mantis BT.

Arch Linux uses Flyspray, not Mantis.

Great post.

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by rgj » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 5:26 AM UTC

zrail wrote: post #11

cnaut wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is branding the biggest reason for hosting your own git server?

For me personally, I guess the biggest reason is being able to control the user's experience, as well as my own. Plus I think it's neat, and it was a fun project to do on a Sunday afternoon :)

You seem to completely misunderstand. People using, forking or contributing to your projects do not want their user experience to be controlled by you. They want their own familiar user experience.

Of course it's a fun project, but it's really meta. Wouldn't it be more fun to work on one of your actual projects ?

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by 616c » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 6:36 AM UTC

LukeShu wrote: post #33

616c wrote: post #30

I checked out this guy's site. I understand he is reinventing the wheel. I respect that and do not mean anything negative about that. A lot of us are here to understand the wheel and build for ourselves. There is good value for that. What I do not understand, with all due respect, is the value of Github, and to a lesser extent Bitbucket, is in the features outside of the VCS core and how most people realize there is…

(minor?) correction: > more recently a la ArchLinux and Music Player Daemon > (MPD) I have seen Mantis BT. Arch Linux uses Flyspray, not Mantis. Great post.

Oh, really? That is embarrassing. I had just assumed that it was also Mantis BT because the interfaces were similar. My bad, I will update now.

UPDATE: Sigh, too late to edit now. The internet preserves my follies for future generations!

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by mixologic » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 6:54 AM UTC

What about all the problems that are inherent to hosting anything ? It's not hard to set up a server that will respond to a request and deliver data.

It's hard to make it do that when the power goes out, when you anger somebody and they decide to ddos you, or when your code/service/whatever becomes insanely popular and whatever mac mini you run it on is overheating. It's hard to keep up with all the security patches required to keep your box from getting pwned. It's hard to negotiate the fine print with all the TOS's you've signed with your internet provider.

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by noinsight » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 7:36 AM UTC

616c wrote: post #30

I checked out this guy's site. I understand he is reinventing the wheel. I respect that and do not mean anything negative about that. A lot of us are here to understand the wheel and build for ourselves. There is good value for that. What I do not understand, with all due respect, is the value of Github, and to a lesser extent Bitbucket, is in the features outside of the VCS core and how most people realize there is…

> begun to look into fossil again, despite what people here say

Huh? I haven't read any negative comments about Fossil here.

And yes, Fossil deserves to become more mainstream, it's pretty good (though my use is simple).

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by sytse » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 8:00 AM UTC

neumann wrote: post #12

zrail wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, GitLab is great. I wanted a quick solution without many dependencies that would also act as a portfolio, so I went with a custom thing. GitLab is definitely something to consider.

I use GitLab at work, but for home, the amazing GitBucket does the trick and took a total of 30 seconds to install https://github.com/takezoe/gitbucket

If you want to setup GitLab quickly please check out the packages https://www.gitlab.com/downloads/ (I'm a co-founder of GitLab.com)

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by sqrt17 » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 8:43 AM UTC

For private repositories, I've discovered a software called SCM Server. It lets you add different users, with passwords, and create SVN/Hg/Git repositories with each their own access list.

Re: Self-hosted Git Server

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Post by 616c » Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 9:03 AM UTC

noinsight wrote: post #37

616c wrote: post #30

I checked out this guy's site. I understand he is reinventing the wheel. I respect that and do not mean anything negative about that. A lot of us are here to understand the wheel and build for ourselves. There is good value for that. What I do not understand, with all due respect, is the value of Github, and to a lesser extent Bitbucket, is in the features outside of the VCS core and how most people realize there is…

> begun to look into fossil again, despite what people here say Huh? I haven't read any negative comments about Fossil here. And yes, Fossil deserves to become more mainstream, it's pretty good (though my use is simple).

Me too. I heard a lot because of Zed Shaw using it, then having a fall out after a long angry rant against git and others. Subsequently, he corrupted hours of work when using fossil, got angry on the mailing list, and then he quietly moved to git (he is here, so maybe he can qualify; I say quietly but it might have been around the time Posterous went offline and the old article is only accessible at Posterous and not his subsequent self-hosted blog).

In any event, it is nice to meet others using it.