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GitLab seems to be getting better and better, every month. To anyone who is using this, how would you compare 4.0 to the current GitHub, in terms of UI/Feature

by rustc 14y ago

GitLab seems to be getting better and better, every month. To anyone who is using this, how would you compare 4.0 to the current GitHub, in terms of UI/Features? I'm thinking of moving from a third party host to GitLab. What should I be aware of?

sytse 14y ago
I'm opinionated on this since I'm running GitLab.com where you can use GitLab as a service. GitHub has more features than GitLab. GitLab does have all the essentials to work as a team including merge requests and CI integration. Personally I think the GitLab interface is a bit less cluttered. A list of things that are still missing from GitLab can be found on http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general The highest votes items there (namespacing) just got added in GitLab 4.0 And the lead author Dmitriy had added many improvements each months for the last few months. Also the number of good pull requests is steadily increasing https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/pulls?direction=desc&page=1&sort=created&state=open https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/pulls?direction=desc&#3... If you want to run your own server you need to understand basic Unix systems operations. If you are comfortable with the installation guide than you should be fine https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install...
Xylakant 14y ago
The main feature I'm missing is forks/pull-requests across repos. It's a nice way to keep strict control over the main repo while allowing others to commit code at their leisure. I must admit that this took me a little by suprise after installing GL.
- sytse 14y ago
  Consider voting for this functionality at http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/3456722-issue-merge-requests-between-projects-repos http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general/suggestion...
  - Xylakant 14y ago
    I actually tried, but was greeted with a "Sorry, but we couldn't submit your vote." Something is broken but that's not gitlabs fault ;)
    - sytse 14y ago
      I guess UserVoice ops is on a well deserved holiday :-) https://twitter.com/UserVoice/status/282207838149943296 https://twitter.com/UserVoice/status/282207838149943296

by rustc 14y ago

sytse 14y ago

I'm opinionated on this since I'm running GitLab.com where you can use GitLab as a service. GitHub has more features than GitLab. GitLab does have all the essentials to work as a team including merge requests and CI integration. Personally I think the GitLab interface is a bit less cluttered. A list of things that are still missing from GitLab can be found on http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general The highest votes items there (namespacing) just got added in GitLab 4.0 And the lead author Dmitriy had added many improvements each months for the last few months. Also the number of good pull requests is steadily increasing https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/pulls?direction=desc&page=1&sort=created&state=open https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/pulls?direction=desc&#3... If you want to run your own server you need to understand basic Unix systems operations. If you are comfortable with the installation guide than you should be fine https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install...

Xylakant 14y ago

The main feature I'm missing is forks/pull-requests across repos. It's a nice way to keep strict control over the main repo while allowing others to commit code at their leisure. I must admit that this took me a little by suprise after installing GL.

sytse 14y ago
Consider voting for this functionality at http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/3456722-issue-merge-requests-between-projects-repos http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general/suggestion...
- Xylakant 14y ago
  I actually tried, but was greeted with a "Sorry, but we couldn't submit your vote." Something is broken but that's not gitlabs fault ;)
  - sytse 14y ago
    I guess UserVoice ops is on a well deserved holiday :-) https://twitter.com/UserVoice/status/282207838149943296 https://twitter.com/UserVoice/status/282207838149943296