Re: [PLUG] git server

[Fred Stluka via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Peter,

I did this on my own server 10 years ago.  As others have already
pointed out, all it took was an ssh server since Git uses ssh as its
transport layer.  Plus some fancy permissions so that different
users could all write to the same repo directory tree.

But in the end it wasn't worth the trouble.  Within a few months,
I moved my Git repo to BitBucket.  BitBucket, GitHub, GitLab and
others all host Git repos for free or cheap.  And they wrap it in
all sorts of really useful additional functionality like easy forking,
pull requests, push hooks, usage graphs/charts, notifications,
integration with CI/CD servers like Jenkins, etc.

I used GitHub on one project and found it to be pretty much the
same as BitBucket.  But, when Microsoft bought GitHub, I ran away
screaming.  I figured lots of other Open Source folks would do
the same, and that they'd largely flee to BitBucket.  Since BitBucket
is owned by Atlassian (JIRA bug/feature tracking, Confluence wiki,
etc.), I bought some Atlassian stock.  Sure enough, it took off like
a rocket.  One of my best stock picks ever!

Feel free to contact me here, or via direct email, if you want more
info.

--Fred
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On 12/17/20 11:24 PM, Peter Cramer via plug wrote:
> A friend and I are working on a small project together.  (There likely will be more projects in the future.)   Originally we planned to create a repository on GitHub, but the truth is neither of us is all that thrilled with GitHub now that it has been bought out by Microsoft.
>
> We are considering setting up our own git server on an Ubuntu machine that we have access to.   Does anyone have any experience in this area?   Is it crazy difficult?   Any thoughts / advice?
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