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You should arrange for backups either way. For example, stuff like this could happen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23832437 https://news.ycombinator.co
by layer8 1y ago
You should arrange for backups either way.
For example, stuff like this could happen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23832437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23832437
- simonw 1y agoMy protection against that is nepotism: I'm a "GitHub Star" which gets me direct access to GitHub staff, plus I know a lot of people who work there.
- layer8 1y agoYeah, I’m writing this for the benefit of people who want to follow your usage. It also means that your advice doesn’t generalize.
- simonw 1y agoTotally fair - if you don't have a deep relationship with GitHub it's absolutely a good idea to arrange your own backups in case of your account being suspended!
- prepend 1y agoI mean, there are my local clones. The odds of all my locals crashing at the same time as GitHub seem to be the same as local+github+sourcehut+whatever crashing.
- layer8 1y agoThis thread is about using GitHub issues. Those aren’t contained in local repository clones.