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When the federation is per-user, that's typically called "peer-to-peer" rather than federated...?

• teawrecks 4y ago
  Also, git doesn't work p2p, it uses centralized servers. If i understand correctly, the only real difference between Twitter and this is that you have your data downloaded, so switching to a new platform is a matter of adding a new remote and pushing it there.
  • jayd16 4y ago
    You can certainly work with git in a p2p fashion.
  • gtop3 4y ago
    My understanding of this implementation is you can use arbitrary git urls to follow. That could point to any process serving data. P2P is 100% possible. It would be smart to use a personal domain for the git url you give your followers, so you can update the hosting location without causing any disruption.
  • adastra22 4y ago
    Git was designed from the beginning to be used p2p. It’s how the Linux kernel development is done.
  • astrobe_ 4y ago
    I'm pretty sure git-daemon does work p2p, but maybe that's a different p2p you have in mind.