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So, distributed git has become sort of centralised. Maybe people depend too much on github? I wonder, what would happen to IT over the world if github will be d

by eaa 5y ago

So, distributed git has become sort of centralised. Maybe people depend too much on github? I wonder, what would happen to IT over the world if github will be down for a week or a month?

csunbird 5y ago
There is literally nothing preventing someone to host they code on gitlab/sourcehut/their own gitea server. Most people use github because it is free, but the git protocol is far from centralized.
- judge2020 5y ago
  Thankfully `git clone kevin-wayne/algs4` doesn't default to asking github.com like some package managers [[docker]].
noir_lord 5y ago
Utter chaos for a week, then a week or two of swearing at gitlab then the world would continue - since while we use github we don't really use github - it's just a shared git repository with a reasonably nice interface for reviewing code. That's for my company, for many open source projects the damage would be more severe since they often heavily use issues and GH project management features.
- kelnos 5y ago
  The problem is that many people (including companies) use GH for more than just source code hosting. Bug tracking, CI/CD, artifact hosting, etc. That's not something most companies can replace in a week, unless GitLab (or others) have a seamless import tool. And even then, if GH is down or your account has been suspended, what do you import from?
- majkinetor 5y ago
  Dont be naive. People depend on github for packages. Literary countless projects would fail to build.