Comment on I love my Gitea. Any tips and tricks?
zaphod@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
The idea of “self-hosting” git is so incredibly weird to me. Somehow GitHub managed to convince everyone that Git requires some kind of backend service. Meanwhile, I just push private repos to a bare repository on my NAS via SSH.
You’re completely missing the point. Even Gitea (much simpler than GitHub, nevermind GitLab) is much more than a git backend. It’s viewable in a browser, renders markdown, has integrated CI functionality, and so on.
Even for my meager self-host use-case, being able to view markdown docs in the browser is useful from time to time, even on my phone.
As for the things I use (a self-hosted) GitLab instance at work for… that doesn’t even scratch the surface.
Do you honestly think they’re “completely missing the point”? Read the meme. There’s no mention of gitea. Self-hosting git is nothing to wiggle your tie over. Maybe setting up the things you are talking about are, but git?
Bare repos with multiple users are a bit of a hassle because of file permissions. It works, and works well, as long as you set things up right and have clear processes. But god help you if you don’t.
I find that with multiple users the safest way is to set up/use a service. Plus you get a lot of extra features like issue tracking and stuff.
Agreed, which is why you’ll find in a subsequent comment I allow for the fact that in a multi-year scenario, a support service on top of Git makes real sense.
platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They didn’t convince anyone of anything, they just have a great service. You can also self-hosted Github if you want the features they offer, besides Git.
zaphod@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
A great service for what? If you’re a solo developer storing your code locally with no intention to share or collaborate, a self-hosted service adds a ton of complexity for very little value.
Frankly, I suspect a ton of folks simply don’t realize that you don’t need a service to push/pull remote got repositories because they largely cargo cult their way through source control.
HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Is running a docker container a lot of overhead?
Ernestly asking, since my opinion is skewed cause im use to running containers.
zaphod@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Absolutely. Every docker container is software you have to upgrade and maintain.