I think you and I have slightly differing visions, which is great, as we're less likely to clash.

I've been seeing ngit and GitWorkshop heading in the direction of the distributed/patch model of project organization. Setting up a multitude of git servers to act as relays for git objects that anyone can draw from is a good idea. That model is also excellent for open-source development, where contributions are driven primarily by fork submissions.

I'm personally leaning towards fleshing out the "cathedral" model. Tight-knit or closed-source teams might prefer that, with a shared git server and contributions coming from branches rather than forks. Even there, however, I aim for our solution to avoid centralization by using the basic model of repo discovery over Nostr.

In that sense, we definitely want to seek compatibility in the core model. Someone using GitRepublic should be able to submit patch proposals to an ngit/GitWorkshop user on the distributed model, and someone using ngit should be able to at least fork and create PRs against projects using GitRepublic and the cathedral model.

My hope is that we can maintain core interoperability but avoid unnecessary competition if we are aiming to serve different sectors of the market.