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So the move to GitHub by Google's open source code is the next step? I kept hearing from people "in the know" that moving to GitHub was a real possibility a lon

by baldfat 12y ago

So the move to GitHub by Google's open source code is the next step? I kept hearing from people "in the know" that moving to GitHub was a real possibility a long time ago.

kllrnohj 12y ago
Most of Google's open source code is already on GitHub and has been for quite a while: https://github.com/google https://github.com/google
- baldfat 12y ago
  If you ever read any of my comments and down votes from Hacker News it was always this. The code on GitHub is a mirror and not an actual GIT repo that is accepting merges and being worked on.
  - magicalist 12y ago
    This is true for some projects, like Chromium and golang, but AFAICT not true for the majority of projects on that page. e.g. the currently most recently updated repo that doesn't have a "mirrored from..." subtitle is [1], and you can go see all the pull request activity on it (though I'm sure there are also lots of code dump repos in that list). [1] https://github.com/google/trace-viewer https://github.com/google/trace-viewer
  - skj 12y ago
    wrong. https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/oauth2client https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/oauth2client and https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes, just to list two that I deal with.
  - oaktowner 12y ago
    Googler here. Depends on the project. github.com/grpc is being developed github first (and accepting contributions), as are several of the projects on github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform.
  - DannyBee 12y ago
    This is not accurate. From a strict numbers perspective, ~95% are git repos accepting merges and being worked on. ~5% are mirrors.
    - baldfat 12y ago
      Just saying I got downvoted a ton. Like around 50 or more times for just saying Google is on GitHub.
  - deleted 12y ago
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SRabbelier 12y ago
Much of Google's open source code is already on GitHub (see e.g. https://github.com/Google https://github.com/Google).
cdibona 12y ago
Yeah, we've moved about a thousand projects to GH over the last few years. It's where the developers are, after all...
nostrademons 12y ago
The "move" started a couple years ago. I open-sourced a Google project about 18 months ago and the recommended hosting solution was GitHub: https://github.com/google/gumbo-parser https://github.com/google/gumbo-parser (Ironically, when posted on Hacker News, one of the first comments was that it was ironic that it was posted to GitHub and not Google Code: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6210282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6210282

by baldfat 12y ago

So the move to GitHub by Google's open source code is the next step? I kept hearing from people "in the know" that moving to GitHub was a real possibility a long time ago.

kllrnohj 12y ago

Most of Google's open source code is already on GitHub and has been for quite a while: https://github.com/google https://github.com/google

baldfat 12y ago
If you ever read any of my comments and down votes from Hacker News it was always this. The code on GitHub is a mirror and not an actual GIT repo that is accepting merges and being worked on.
- magicalist 12y ago
  This is true for some projects, like Chromium and golang, but AFAICT not true for the majority of projects on that page. e.g. the currently most recently updated repo that doesn't have a "mirrored from..." subtitle is [1], and you can go see all the pull request activity on it (though I'm sure there are also lots of code dump repos in that list). [1] https://github.com/google/trace-viewer https://github.com/google/trace-viewer
- skj 12y ago
  wrong. https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/oauth2client https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/oauth2client and https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes, just to list two that I deal with.
- oaktowner 12y ago
  Googler here. Depends on the project. github.com/grpc is being developed github first (and accepting contributions), as are several of the projects on github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform.
- DannyBee 12y ago
  This is not accurate. From a strict numbers perspective, ~95% are git repos accepting merges and being worked on. ~5% are mirrors.
  - baldfat 12y ago
    Just saying I got downvoted a ton. Like around 50 or more times for just saying Google is on GitHub.
- deleted 12y ago
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SRabbelier 12y ago

Much of Google's open source code is already on GitHub (see e.g. https://github.com/Google https://github.com/Google).

cdibona 12y ago

Yeah, we've moved about a thousand projects to GH over the last few years. It's where the developers are, after all...

nostrademons 12y ago

The "move" started a couple years ago. I open-sourced a Google project about 18 months ago and the recommended hosting solution was GitHub: https://github.com/google/gumbo-parser https://github.com/google/gumbo-parser (Ironically, when posted on Hacker News, one of the first comments was that it was ironic that it was posted to GitHub and not Google Code: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6210282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6210282