I agree. As with any Git repo, you should be able to create a new empty one, then add it as a remote on your local machine, and push to it. Commit history etc will all go there. The migration tool is probably for wiki, user access, etc info not actually related to Git itself.
Also, to answer "Just use GitHub which 'everyone else' (TM) uses and forget it?” Yes, basically. But you don’t have to, it just seems finding projects there is easier. I think 2010 was around the last time I visited Gitorious. As the whole PR system is very nice. I have all my open source stuff there and a private Git setup on my webhost. I don’t pay for their private repos.
Dan Wilcox @danomatika danomatika.com http://danomatika.com/ robotcowboy.com http://robotcowboy.com/
On Apr 16, 2015, at 10:30 AM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:
From: phil jones <interstar@gmail.com mailto:interstar@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PD] [OT]: Gitorious closing down.. alternatives, suggetions, experiences Date: April 16, 2015 at 10:30:31 AM EDT To: Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton@gmail.com mailto:lorenzofsutton@gmail.com> Cc: pd-list@lists.iem.at mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at
Lorenzo,
If you don't try to use the migration tool and just clone to a local repository and then clone back into your new host, does that also mess up the history?
Surely git by itself doesn't screw up.
Phil
Github will give your projects a bit of visibility. Search engines seem to put GH results near the top... Also, they have a nice web gui for pull requests. On the flip side, git is a distributed system but we're all putting our repos on a single host (github). A single point of failure...
I have all my public stuff on github and my private stuff on a git repo on my web host.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Dan Wilcox danomatika@gmail.com wrote:
I agree. As with any Git repo, you should be able to create a new empty one, then add it as a remote on your local machine, and push to it. Commit history etc will all go there. The migration tool is probably for wiki, user access, etc info not actually related to Git itself.
Also, to answer "Just use GitHub which 'everyone else' (TM) uses and forget it?” Yes, basically. But you don’t have to, it just seems finding projects there is easier. I think 2010 was around the last time I visited Gitorious. As the whole PR system is very nice. I have all my open source stuff there and a private Git setup on my webhost. I don’t pay for their private repos.
Dan Wilcox @danomatika danomatika.com robotcowboy.com
On Apr 16, 2015, at 10:30 AM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:
*From: *phil jones interstar@gmail.com *Subject: **Re: [PD] [OT]: Gitorious closing down.. alternatives, suggetions, experiences* *Date: *April 16, 2015 at 10:30:31 AM EDT *To: *Lorenzo Sutton lorenzofsutton@gmail.com *Cc: *pd-list@lists.iem.at
Lorenzo,
If you don't try to use the migration tool and just clone to a local repository and then clone back into your new host, does that also mess up the history?
Surely git by itself doesn't screw up.
Phil
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The same concern is true for any Git host, including Sourceforge, Gitlab/Gitorious, etc. One problem is too many people now think “GitHub” is “Git” and don;t realize that they can push/pull form basically anywhere.
Dan Wilcox @danomatika danomatika.com http://danomatika.com/ robotcowboy.com http://robotcowboy.com/
On Apr 16, 2015, at 11:36 AM, Rafael Vega email.rafa@gmail.com wrote:
On the flip side, git is a distributed system but we're all putting our repos on a single host (github).
GitHub IS very convenient. But it is a single point of failure or potential abuse.
I keep public projects there, but I wouldn't NOT also keep private repositories in sync with it on my own machines.
Also, I think it's dangerous to let GitHub become the official "address" of your project. Have a separate home-page / blog that you control that's the official home page, news of your project. That way, if you need to leave GitHub (either because it goes down or suddenly their terms of service become onerous) you can quickly update the page you own with a link to a new public repository.
Git itself was designed to be flexible enough that you can even use it over email so git itself doesn't become a bottleneck.
Phil
On 16 April 2015 at 12:47, Dan Wilcox danomatika@gmail.com wrote:
The same concern is true for any Git host, including Sourceforge, Gitlab/Gitorious, etc. One problem is too many people now think “GitHub” is “Git” and don;t realize that they can push/pull form basically anywhere.
Dan Wilcox @danomatika danomatika.com robotcowboy.com
On Apr 16, 2015, at 11:36 AM, Rafael Vega email.rafa@gmail.com wrote:
On the flip side, git is a distributed system but we're all putting our repos on a single host (github).
Hi all,
Thanks for the responses and ideas. Of course I can just use 'pure' git (or some wrapper from other services)... The idea was to import all projects from Girorious to GitLab and that everything would 'just work'.
'Cloud' provider is handy for onine access/pointing for publi projects.. I do have my private stuff backed up on in private places, and I'm ok with the 'point of faliures' you all mentions in exchange for the commodity.
Lorenzo.
On 17/04/2015 00:58, phil jones wrote:
GitHub IS very convenient. But it is a single point of failure or potential abuse.
I keep public projects there, but I wouldn't NOT also keep private repositories in sync with it on my own machines.
Also, I think it's dangerous to let GitHub become the official "address" of your project. Have a separate home-page / blog that you control that's the official home page, news of your project. That way, if you need to leave GitHub (either because it goes down or suddenly their terms of service become onerous) you can quickly update the page you own with a link to a new public repository.
Git itself was designed to be flexible enough that you can even use it over email so git itself doesn't become a bottleneck.
Phil
On 16 April 2015 at 12:47, Dan Wilcox <danomatika@gmail.com mailto:danomatika@gmail.com> wrote:
The same concern is true for any Git host, including Sourceforge, Gitlab/Gitorious, etc. One problem is too many people now think “GitHub” is “Git” and don;t realize that they can push/pull form basically anywhere. -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com>On Apr 16, 2015, at 11:36 AM, Rafael Vega <email.rafa@gmail.com <mailto:email.rafa@gmail.com>> wrote: On the flip side, git is a distributed system but we're all putting our repos on a single host (github).
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