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GitLab v4.1 released

85 points by kossmac 14y ago

moneypenny 14y ago
Finally. Resque is such a PITA with Gitlab. Hopefully the upgrade script will work properly now. I have to fix quite a few bits and pieces every upgrade. Top piece of software, though.
- pfg 14y ago
  Agreed. It was also eating a lot of memory. Upgrade (4.0 -> 4.1) ran smoothly. Only thing that was missing in the upgrade guide was installing a new version of the post-receive hook, but since gitlab:check mentioned that and even provided the command to fix this, it wasn't a problem.
  - MetaCosm 14y ago
    gitlab:check is doing a great job at keeping the insanity of the gitlab pace at bay. I started pre-2.0 and have had to go through some hard upgrade steps (just recently went from 3.1 to 4.1 and had to move sqlite to mysql).
- robotmay 14y ago
  I've been recommending Sidekiq to people for the past few months and it's great to see it being picked up by more projects. It's quicker than Resque for everything I've tried it on.
cjbprime 14y ago
Anyone know whether the public mode is just a list of URLs that you can clone from, or does it allow public users to browse the full gitlab UI? Thanks!
- jameswritescode 14y ago
  It only gives a list of URLs you can clone from :)
  - schrijver 14y ago
    Requests for web-browsable public view: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/12 https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/12 Project lead sees it as outside of scope, possibly to not get into trouble with Github?
    - schmrz 14y ago
      Why would they get into trouble with Github?
girvo 14y ago
I run GitLab on my development VPS and use it for all my projects (and everything to do with them, including client interaction via the wall and issues). It's quite brilliant. I nearly decided to hack in a Public Mode myself last year, I'm glad it's finally implemented! This has prompted me into getting back to work on my KanBan SPA, that hooks into GitLabs issues api. I do wish they gave the api a bit more love in this release, but I can't really complain: My $20/m VPS gives me self-hosted Github, Dropbox, and Gmail/Gcal/Contacts "clones". Not bad!
- X-Istence 14y ago
  What do you use for the webmail/calendaring/contacts?
  - speakr 14y ago
    For webmail I can recommend roundcube + dovecot, for calendaring/contacts davical has all I need.
    - girvo 14y ago
      Yep, roundcube, integrated into ownCloud for CalDAV/CardDAV
- mcmatterson 14y ago
  I'd love to hear more about the 'Dropbox clone' you're using here. The idea of keeping a VPS around as my own private cloud is something I've been thinking about for a while; I'm very interested to learn from someone who's already done it.
  - Keithamus 14y ago
    Could possibly be Sparkleshare[1] which uses Git as the underlying sync technology, especially if he has already got git set up. [1]: http://sparkleshare.org/ http://sparkleshare.org/
  - girvo 14y ago
randx 14y ago
nice release btw :)
- kossmac 14y ago
  ;-)
nicpottier 14y ago
While I love that this is being built, am I the only one that feels a bit dirty about the blatant UI ripoff they are doing of GitHub. GitHub is a company that in my opinion can't get enough hacker karma, they have done a brilliant job of innovating time and time again and delivering a brilliant product that makes all our lives better. I can't even bring myself to use open source projects on Google Code, it just isn't worth the time. They always seem to act honorably and do their best to provide an incredible product. Taking all that hard work, in features AND look and feel and blatantly ripping it off would make me worry about my karma. The authors may just find themselves reincarnated as Cobol programmers in their next life.
- tiwazz 14y ago
  I don't think they are actually driving any business away from github or I'd be more angry. This seems to fit a niche for people that would like to use github but legally can't put their code online (even in a private repository). It's github for intranets. Agree though, github deserves all the karma we can throw at it.
  - petercooper 14y ago
    GitHub does cater to that niche: https://enterprise.github.com/ https://enterprise.github.com/ However, it starts at $5000 per year and the main group amongst people I've heard using GitLab has been companies not willing to pay that $5000 (but who otherwise would probably go with GitHub - that is, they're 'satisficing' rather than choosing GitLab as such).
    - cs02rm0 14y ago
      I know of some fairly sizeable clients who are looking at gitlab because they need a github they can modify - github enterprise doesn't include source code does it?
    - bitcartel 14y ago
      Atlassian offer Stash, an enterprise Git product: https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash/overview https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash/overview It's priced more competitively than Github and you get access to the source code.
hedsht 14y ago
so nice this gitlab project is, so sad it is that it'll get hit by the commercial hammer, since the dev is spending his full time on it.

85 points by kossmac 14y ago

Finally. Resque is such a PITA with Gitlab. Hopefully the upgrade script will work properly now. I have to fix quite a few bits and pieces every upgrade. Top piece of software, though.

pfg 14y ago
Agreed. It was also eating a lot of memory. Upgrade (4.0 -> 4.1) ran smoothly. Only thing that was missing in the upgrade guide was installing a new version of the post-receive hook, but since gitlab:check mentioned that and even provided the command to fix this, it wasn't a problem.
- MetaCosm 14y ago
  gitlab:check is doing a great job at keeping the insanity of the gitlab pace at bay. I started pre-2.0 and have had to go through some hard upgrade steps (just recently went from 3.1 to 4.1 and had to move sqlite to mysql).
robotmay 14y ago
I've been recommending Sidekiq to people for the past few months and it's great to see it being picked up by more projects. It's quicker than Resque for everything I've tried it on.

cjbprime 14y ago

Anyone know whether the public mode is just a list of URLs that you can clone from, or does it allow public users to browse the full gitlab UI? Thanks!

jameswritescode 14y ago
It only gives a list of URLs you can clone from :)
- schrijver 14y ago
  Requests for web-browsable public view: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/12 https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/12 Project lead sees it as outside of scope, possibly to not get into trouble with Github?
  - schmrz 14y ago
    Why would they get into trouble with Github?

girvo 14y ago

I run GitLab on my development VPS and use it for all my projects (and everything to do with them, including client interaction via the wall and issues). It's quite brilliant. I nearly decided to hack in a Public Mode myself last year, I'm glad it's finally implemented! This has prompted me into getting back to work on my KanBan SPA, that hooks into GitLabs issues api. I do wish they gave the api a bit more love in this release, but I can't really complain: My $20/m VPS gives me self-hosted Github, Dropbox, and Gmail/Gcal/Contacts "clones". Not bad!

X-Istence 14y ago
What do you use for the webmail/calendaring/contacts?
- speakr 14y ago
  For webmail I can recommend roundcube + dovecot, for calendaring/contacts davical has all I need.
  - girvo 14y ago
    Yep, roundcube, integrated into ownCloud for CalDAV/CardDAV
mcmatterson 14y ago
I'd love to hear more about the 'Dropbox clone' you're using here. The idea of keeping a VPS around as my own private cloud is something I've been thinking about for a while; I'm very interested to learn from someone who's already done it.
- Keithamus 14y ago
  Could possibly be Sparkleshare[1] which uses Git as the underlying sync technology, especially if he has already got git set up. [1]: http://sparkleshare.org/ http://sparkleshare.org/
- girvo 14y ago

randx 14y ago

nice release btw :)

kossmac 14y ago
;-)

nicpottier 14y ago

While I love that this is being built, am I the only one that feels a bit dirty about the blatant UI ripoff they are doing of GitHub. GitHub is a company that in my opinion can't get enough hacker karma, they have done a brilliant job of innovating time and time again and delivering a brilliant product that makes all our lives better. I can't even bring myself to use open source projects on Google Code, it just isn't worth the time. They always seem to act honorably and do their best to provide an incredible product. Taking all that hard work, in features AND look and feel and blatantly ripping it off would make me worry about my karma. The authors may just find themselves reincarnated as Cobol programmers in their next life.

tiwazz 14y ago
I don't think they are actually driving any business away from github or I'd be more angry. This seems to fit a niche for people that would like to use github but legally can't put their code online (even in a private repository). It's github for intranets. Agree though, github deserves all the karma we can throw at it.
- petercooper 14y ago
  GitHub does cater to that niche: https://enterprise.github.com/ https://enterprise.github.com/ However, it starts at $5000 per year and the main group amongst people I've heard using GitLab has been companies not willing to pay that $5000 (but who otherwise would probably go with GitHub - that is, they're 'satisficing' rather than choosing GitLab as such).
  - cs02rm0 14y ago
    I know of some fairly sizeable clients who are looking at gitlab because they need a github they can modify - github enterprise doesn't include source code does it?
  - bitcartel 14y ago
    Atlassian offer Stash, an enterprise Git product: https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash/overview https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash/overview It's priced more competitively than Github and you get access to the source code.

hedsht 14y ago

so nice this gitlab project is, so sad it is that it'll get hit by the commercial hammer, since the dev is spending his full time on it.