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>Having a web interface It's not the interface, it's the web hosting. People want a free destination server that's up 24/7 to store their repository. If it w

by jasode 11mo ago

>Having a web interface It's not the interface, it's the web hosting. People want a free destination server that's up 24/7 to store their repository. If it was only the web interface, people could locally install GitLab or Gitea to get a web browser UI. (Or use whatever modern IDE code editor to have a GUI instead of a CLI for git commands.) But doing that still doesn't solve what GitHub solves: a public server to host the files, issue tracking, etc. Before git & Github, people put source code for public access on SourceForge and CodeProject. The reason was the same: a zero-cost way to share code with everybody.

udev4096 11mo ago
GH is essentially an unlimited storage space. There are countless scripts which makes it possible to even use it as an unlimited mounted storage
- FpUser 11mo ago
  And then one day orange gets pissed of at yet another country and it (the repo) is gone
  - wiz21c 11mo ago
    orange ?
    - deleted 11mo ago
      [deleted]
    - kevin_thibedeau 11mo ago
      The convicted felon.
chipsrafferty 11mo ago
No, actually it's the interface. Many companies would totally host it themselves, but the interface is what gives GH value.
- tweetle_beetle 11mo ago
  GitLab is around a decade old, is a solid enterprise product and has always had a very similar interface to GitHub, at times even drawing criticism for being too similar. There's more to it than that.
pmontra 11mo ago
It was both. A 24/7 repository and a 24/7 web URL for the code. Those two features together let devs inspect and download code, and open and discuss issues. The URL also let automated tools download and install packages. Familiar UI, network effects made the rest.
- JoshTriplett 11mo ago
  Exactly. The UI needs to live wherever the canonical home for the project is, at least until we have a federated solution. I'm really looking forward to federated forges.
mr_toad 11mo ago
GitHub and the others also handle user authentication and issue tracking, which aren’t part of Git itself.

by jasode 11mo ago

udev4096 11mo ago

GH is essentially an unlimited storage space. There are countless scripts which makes it possible to even use it as an unlimited mounted storage

FpUser 11mo ago
And then one day orange gets pissed of at yet another country and it (the repo) is gone
- wiz21c 11mo ago
  orange ?
  - deleted 11mo ago
    [deleted]
  - kevin_thibedeau 11mo ago
    The convicted felon.

chipsrafferty 11mo ago

No, actually it's the interface. Many companies would totally host it themselves, but the interface is what gives GH value.

tweetle_beetle 11mo ago
GitLab is around a decade old, is a solid enterprise product and has always had a very similar interface to GitHub, at times even drawing criticism for being too similar. There's more to it than that.

pmontra 11mo ago

It was both. A 24/7 repository and a 24/7 web URL for the code. Those two features together let devs inspect and download code, and open and discuss issues. The URL also let automated tools download and install packages. Familiar UI, network effects made the rest.

JoshTriplett 11mo ago
Exactly. The UI needs to live wherever the canonical home for the project is, at least until we have a federated solution. I'm really looking forward to federated forges.

mr_toad 11mo ago

GitHub and the others also handle user authentication and issue tracking, which aren’t part of Git itself.