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The killer feature (for me) would be if GitLab supported the GitHub API (even if just a subset).

• jobvandervoort 11y ago
  In what way?
  • ihsw 11y ago
    GitLab could function (at least somewhat) as a drop-in replacement for GitHub, as existing GitHub API client libraries could point to GitLab instead with minimal/zero modification.
    • jobvandervoort 11y ago
      Interesting idea. I'm afraid it would cause us to follow their changes, which makes it a brittle strategy that would prevent us from innovating. We prefer people to adopt GitLab itself.
      • pearjuice 11y ago
        You could provide an adapter API which translates Github-like requests to your API. If you want to use specific GitLab API features, developers use the "native" GitLab API.
        • bpicolo 11y ago
          I mean, if anybody really wants that they could easily open source it on their own. : P