Who sees the requirement to be authenticated to github to clone repo's as a problem? This means every `git clone` is traced to a user, so they can surveil everywhere code from github goes.
Now, you can sign up with any email. But I suspect as this frog boils the next step is to require all sign-ups to use Big Tech authentication.
Wen nostr-enabled github replacement
NEVERMIND, just no more unencrypted cloning which is good. They are not requiring authentication
i didnt even know they supported unencrypted cloning
The raw git protocol is unencrypted. It's fine for in-house repos but not a good idea for the open internet. Anything unencrypted is subject to snooping, alteration, and man-in-the-middle attacks.
I didn't know you could use http:// github repos for years now never seen anything but HTTPS.
HTTPS doesn't stop you from anonymously cloning it via VPN, but to push to it you have to auth, and anyway it's simpler to use SSH for that anyway, I just generally use SSH unless I don't want them to know I'm cloning it, obviously they are logging it.
I was referring to git:// actually.
I'm not a coder, but aren't there already github alternatives out in the wild?
Yes, lots, because git is decentralized. But most projects have their homes established on github and censorship or other authoritarian action by github would do material harm to them, for example all artifacts, discussions, ownership and permissions etc are github-specific.
The idea of a nostr-based "github" removes the dependency on the good graces of the host, whether it be github or some other host.
Gotcha. Another example of single point of failure. Not good in any context, really.
I'm working with a team that is building exactly that.
https://github.com/HORNET-Storage
I'm working on a nostr keychain/signer/verifier right now, nearly finished my v1.1.0 target:
https://github.com/mleku/signr
the idea of the tool will be that it can be adapted to be used by any project that works with nostr keys, this extensibility is part of what I'm adding with the extra minor version.
