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I’ve always found GitHub to be quite generous with what functionality they give free users, especially visitors that don’t have an account. They kind of paved t
by gitgud 3y ago
I’ve always found GitHub to be quite generous with what functionality they give free users, especially visitors that don’t have an account. They kind of paved the way in that regard…
Some sites would probably put everything behind a login-wall. I can imagine some alternative version of git hosting with the following message:
Sign in to clone this repo
- eastbound 3y agoCloning without logging can be seen as important: - It makes it simpler for millions of CIs to check out the code unauthenticated, - It enables usecases such as “Here is public data as a JSON, it’s our list of IP addresses, just integrate that to your firewall”, - NPM. NPM entirely. - Isn’t it required for open-source? If they restricted it behind a login, could we still say we deliver the code to our customers?