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I just keep a GOGS instance that auto-mirrors youtube-DL these days now, so I always have a copy.

by urda 5y ago

comboy 5y ago
Not snarky just curious - why would you have this GOGS instance instead instead of just.. git?
- m-p-3 5y ago
  Wasn't familiar with GOGS before this post, but I guess it's just easy to put in place and you could just keep working from there if shit hits the fan?
  - comboy 5y ago
    But what do you need it for? Why not just have a cloned repository?
    - gravypod 5y ago
      For many users having an easy to browse/navigate interface is a good selling point. This reminds me of this post about Dropbox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
      - simcop2387 5y ago
        Along with that, gogs and gitea support automatic mirroring of repositories. I know that's just a crontab wmtry away but it's got a nice ui on top of it. It also then gives you a place to push private repos and other stuff you don't want to have publically hosted.
    - m-p-3 5y ago
      Not sure if GOGS does it, but does a git clone also carries the issues entries and documentation from the repo?
ljm 5y ago
You could save some overhead and run git pull in a cron job.
- urda 5y ago
  I'm using GOGs for far more than just a single mirror repo. But thanks! :)
ColdHeat 5y ago
The gogs maintainer currently seems to not be doing much with it and seems to be ignoring security reports. I would probably recommend the gitea fork instead. https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
- urda 5y ago
  Do you have references? Not saying you're wrong, but you provided zero proof. The instance also runs inside a LAN so... whatever.
  - ColdHeat 5y ago
    Sure, I reported an issue to the Gogs maintainer over two weeks ago and he hasn't acknowledged it at all. Here's the public reference that their SECURITY.md asks for: https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6534 https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6534 Here's another one posted about a week ago: https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6536 https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6536
    - urda 5y ago
      Ok thank you very much I appreciate the reply.
habibur 5y ago
youtube-dl's main feature is its frequent updates, as soon as sites change their api/auth or anything. And that a happens pretty regularly. Therefore say youtube-dl from last month can't download videos from youtube this month, unless you update it. Thus having a copy only saves you for a few weeks. Then it will start to fail on all sites, one by one. Relevant. Youtube changed something that broke youtube-dl the day after it was removed from github. It couldn't update as the update source was from github.
- PhantomGremlin 5y ago
  youtube-dl's main feature is its frequent updates Ah, yeah, now they do frequent updates. But here's a fork that I switched to for a while because the maintainers of the original youtube-dl were slacking off. :) https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc I can't believe the level of entitlement my comment exhibits. :) My attitude (a bit tongue in cheek) is probably why many open source authors abandon their products. Too much work, no thanks, lots of bitching.
  - Arcorann 5y ago
    youtube-dlc has been inactive since December 2020. I use yt-dlp instead: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp Not only does it keep reasonable pace with original youtube-dl, it also incorporates several improvements from forks (detailed on the page).
rsync 5y ago
"I just keep a GOGS instance that auto-mirrors youtube-DL these days now, so I always have a copy." I keep this in my local crontab: ssh john@rsync.net "git clone mirror https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git"
- koolba 5y ago
  > ssh john@rsync.net ... Do you really have an passphrase-less SSH key on your primary machine?
  - viraptor 5y ago
    How do you expect an automated process to work over SSH if it has to ask for a password?
    - koolba 5y ago
      I wouldn’t expect an automated process to be using a human’s account to access a remote system.
      - viraptor 5y ago
        You're assuming this is a "human's" account. Also it could be a single-purpose key limited to a single static command on the rsync side.
  - tux 5y ago
    Actually passwordless ssh key is more secure from attacks than using a password. Unless your computer is compromissed, than no key or password will help.
    - koolba 5y ago
      Not “password”, I’m referring to a “passphrase” for unlocking an SSH key.

I just keep a GOGS instance that auto-mirrors youtube-DL these days now, so I always have a copy.

by urda 5y ago

I just keep a GOGS instance that auto-mirrors youtube-DL these days now, so I always have a copy.

comboy 5y ago

Not snarky just curious - why would you have this GOGS instance instead instead of just.. git?

m-p-3 5y ago
Wasn't familiar with GOGS before this post, but I guess it's just easy to put in place and you could just keep working from there if shit hits the fan?
- comboy 5y ago
  But what do you need it for? Why not just have a cloned repository?
  - gravypod 5y ago
    For many users having an easy to browse/navigate interface is a good selling point. This reminds me of this post about Dropbox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
    - simcop2387 5y ago
      Along with that, gogs and gitea support automatic mirroring of repositories. I know that's just a crontab wmtry away but it's got a nice ui on top of it. It also then gives you a place to push private repos and other stuff you don't want to have publically hosted.
  - m-p-3 5y ago
    Not sure if GOGS does it, but does a git clone also carries the issues entries and documentation from the repo?

ljm 5y ago

You could save some overhead and run git pull in a cron job.

urda 5y ago
I'm using GOGs for far more than just a single mirror repo. But thanks! :)

ColdHeat 5y ago

The gogs maintainer currently seems to not be doing much with it and seems to be ignoring security reports. I would probably recommend the gitea fork instead. https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea

urda 5y ago
Do you have references? Not saying you're wrong, but you provided zero proof. The instance also runs inside a LAN so... whatever.
- ColdHeat 5y ago
  Sure, I reported an issue to the Gogs maintainer over two weeks ago and he hasn't acknowledged it at all. Here's the public reference that their SECURITY.md asks for: https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6534 https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6534 Here's another one posted about a week ago: https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6536 https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6536
  - urda 5y ago
    Ok thank you very much I appreciate the reply.

habibur 5y ago

youtube-dl's main feature is its frequent updates, as soon as sites change their api/auth or anything. And that a happens pretty regularly. Therefore say youtube-dl from last month can't download videos from youtube this month, unless you update it. Thus having a copy only saves you for a few weeks. Then it will start to fail on all sites, one by one. Relevant. Youtube changed something that broke youtube-dl the day after it was removed from github. It couldn't update as the update source was from github.

PhantomGremlin 5y ago
youtube-dl's main feature is its frequent updates Ah, yeah, now they do frequent updates. But here's a fork that I switched to for a while because the maintainers of the original youtube-dl were slacking off. :) https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc I can't believe the level of entitlement my comment exhibits. :) My attitude (a bit tongue in cheek) is probably why many open source authors abandon their products. Too much work, no thanks, lots of bitching.
- Arcorann 5y ago
  youtube-dlc has been inactive since December 2020. I use yt-dlp instead: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp Not only does it keep reasonable pace with original youtube-dl, it also incorporates several improvements from forks (detailed on the page).

rsync 5y ago

"I just keep a GOGS instance that auto-mirrors youtube-DL these days now, so I always have a copy." I keep this in my local crontab: ssh john@rsync.net "git clone mirror https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git"

koolba 5y ago
> ssh john@rsync.net ... Do you really have an passphrase-less SSH key on your primary machine?
- viraptor 5y ago
  How do you expect an automated process to work over SSH if it has to ask for a password?
  - koolba 5y ago
    I wouldn’t expect an automated process to be using a human’s account to access a remote system.
    - viraptor 5y ago
      You're assuming this is a "human's" account. Also it could be a single-purpose key limited to a single static command on the rsync side.
- tux 5y ago
  Actually passwordless ssh key is more secure from attacks than using a password. Unless your computer is compromissed, than no key or password will help.
  - koolba 5y ago
    Not “password”, I’m referring to a “passphrase” for unlocking an SSH key.