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Git is by its very nature decentralized. Everyone with a clone of a repo has the entire history of a project. It is trivial to move a repo from one place to another. Even actions are somewhat portable. Gitea is even implementing them.

Using the Wiki and Bug tracking features are the only not-easily-portable features of using GitHub. We have excellent FOSS software to do this part.

I don't see how *anyone* is dependent on GitHub. Which is why despite all the handwringing I see some FOSS purists doing, Microsoft has to this day, not f'ed around with GitHub. Even the co-pilot situation got huge pushback. M$ has surely realized by now that at any point, everyone can just *leave*.
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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

There are alternatives:

- GitLab FOSS

- Gitea

- etc.

🐶🐾🫡

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nobody 2y ago

Yep. Gitea is even super easy to self host. GitLab setup is a bit more involved/limited by a lack of ARM support.

I literally ran a Gitea on a Raspberry Pi. It was slick AF.

And all my code was on my machine. Several machines.

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

I used to like GitLab a lot, even contributed to their code base. As of recent, I would only use their FOSS if needed.

Gitea gone a long way but still lacks in CI/CD IMHO! 🐶🐾🫡

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nobody 2y ago

It's coming. It's in Alpha testing right now, including the ability to use distributed runners! ♥️

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

That would be a good turning point. Then it will need distributed installation support. High availability, etc. 🐶🐾🫡