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This is a solution to a non-problem. Hosting taken down git repos is easy an due to gits design all developers already have the source code. The real problem i

This is a solution to a non-problem. Hosting taken down git repos is easy an due to gits design all developers already have the source code. The real problem is hosting issues and PRs in such a way. Github has an API and it's possible to script the backup but source code gets backup automatically so when the takedown strikes it's not a big problem.

hashworks 6y ago
While others could have a backup of a Git repository, I need to find them first — so discoverability is a problem. Next thing is integrity - how do I know that the git history I receive has not been tampered with?
- IanCal 6y ago
  Do signed commits solve the integrity problem?
  - hashworks 6y ago
    Yes. Git commits include the hash of the previous commit, creating a cryptographic chain. If you can verify the signature at the tip of a branch you effectively verify the complete history of the branch. Sadly not every maintainer signs their commits or tags.
- Proven 6y ago
  1) Discoverability is not a problem. You don't need to discover anything, you just need to download the same repo again. If you forgot the name you're probably a super casual user (and not a dev) 2) Git history hasn't been tampered with just like it hasn't been tampered with in any of centralized Github repos. Doh.
michaelmure 6y ago
Shameless plug, but that's exactly the aim of https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug. It's a distributed bug-tracker: it stores issues (and one day, PRs) within git. You can work offline and you always have a full copy of everything. It also has bridges for Github, Gitlab and Jira.
- happybeing 6y ago
  Yes folks, take a look at git-bug, Michael has done a brilliant job of adding issues and comments into your git repos, and for a pre v1 project it works really well already, and you can import from / to github, gitlab and JIRA. git-bug is a pleasure to use so I'm attempting to get it running in the browser using wasm, to create a decentralised github on p2p storage. I'm targeting Safe Network but the same approach could be used on anything with a storage backend, from NextCloud to IPFS, even [cough] AWS.
nemoniac 6y ago
Fossil is an approach to this. https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki
ssb1 6y ago
Not git obvs, but Fossil keeps bugs (wiki, forum) as part of the repo. https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/bugtheory.wiki https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/bugtheory.wiki

hashworks 6y ago

While others could have a backup of a Git repository, I need to find them first — so discoverability is a problem. Next thing is integrity - how do I know that the git history I receive has not been tampered with?

IanCal 6y ago
Do signed commits solve the integrity problem?
- hashworks 6y ago
  Yes. Git commits include the hash of the previous commit, creating a cryptographic chain. If you can verify the signature at the tip of a branch you effectively verify the complete history of the branch. Sadly not every maintainer signs their commits or tags.
Proven 6y ago
1) Discoverability is not a problem. You don't need to discover anything, you just need to download the same repo again. If you forgot the name you're probably a super casual user (and not a dev) 2) Git history hasn't been tampered with just like it hasn't been tampered with in any of centralized Github repos. Doh.

michaelmure 6y ago

Shameless plug, but that's exactly the aim of https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug. It's a distributed bug-tracker: it stores issues (and one day, PRs) within git. You can work offline and you always have a full copy of everything. It also has bridges for Github, Gitlab and Jira.

happybeing 6y ago
Yes folks, take a look at git-bug, Michael has done a brilliant job of adding issues and comments into your git repos, and for a pre v1 project it works really well already, and you can import from / to github, gitlab and JIRA. git-bug is a pleasure to use so I'm attempting to get it running in the browser using wasm, to create a decentralised github on p2p storage. I'm targeting Safe Network but the same approach could be used on anything with a storage backend, from NextCloud to IPFS, even [cough] AWS.

nemoniac 6y ago

Fossil is an approach to this. https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki

ssb1 6y ago

Not git obvs, but Fossil keeps bugs (wiki, forum) as part of the repo. https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/bugtheory.wiki https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/bugtheory.wiki