On: GitHub down

[runeks]

So you’re saying that if I put up my own Git server (for a fee), it’s likely to have better uptime statistics than GitHub?

I can’t push changes to the decentralized Git protocol, only to a (centralized) server instance.

[hashkb → runeks]

You can email patches. This is now the Linux team works.

[u801e → hashkb]

The code for git itself is also managed the same way (though I don't think there are any subsystems in git, unlike the kernel).

[dorfsmay → runeks]

Setting up your own instance of a bit server is free.

If you want issues, CI etc... Then you need a local version of github which you will pay for.

[undecisive → dorfsmay]

Well... unless you use something like gitlab https://about.gitlab.com/ - which is also free, and has support for issues, CI, etc. (snap!)

[lykr0n → dorfsmay]

Or GitLab. That's free and easy to self host.

[apple4ever → lykr0n]

Bingo. People think its hard to self host. Its not. They have an omnipackage that you install. You run updates. You enable the automatic backups. Problem solved!

[lykr0n → apple4ever]

But maintenance is where people can have issues. GitLab is complex.

[jupblb → dorfsmay]

Personally, I prefer something more lightweight and for some time I've been using gogs - https://github.com/gogits/gogs (so far so good)

[majewsky → jupblb]

Is gogs maintained anymore? Everyone I know switched to the community fork, gitea.

[jupblb → majewsky]

Wow, I haven't peeked at the commit history for some time. Thanks for the info!