Excerpts from Nicolás Reynolds's message of 2012-07-16 15:07:44 +0000: > "Niels G. W. Serup" <[email protected]> writes: > > > Does anyone know if there exists a decentralized piece of software with > > the same features as GitHub's easy-to-do watch and fork features? The > > watch feature allows a user on GitHub to continually see the changes > > made to a repository that user does not commit to, and the fork feature > > allows a user to to branch a repo and further develop on it without > > having to gain commit access to the original repo. > > > > Now, both of these features are very simple, and I know Gitorious has > > them. You can also do it with just the 'git' command. The reason I used > > GitHub as an example is that, for some reason, more people use GitHub > > than Gitorious. What I'm asking if exists is something small and simple, > > that does not even store the actual git repos, but just references them; > > a pretty web interface. People should be able to continue to do that > > "social coding" thing which GitHub has made its slogan. > > > > The reason is that, while I /could/ install Gitorious on my server, > > gitolite or gitosis does not require me to have the overhead of an > > integrated code sharing program like Gitorious. Also, I don't know if > > Gitorious supports the OStatus-like functionality I think would be cool: > > that people could watch and fork repositories from other servers onto > > their own. If Gitorious does have that feature, I will consider > > installing it on my server instead of gito{lite,sis}. But I would still > > prefer a simpler OStatus-or-something-similar-supporting web interface > > that allowed me to manage my repositories outside of it. > > > > Not everyone thinks that GitHub is that much of a problem; neither do > > I. It encourages sharing of code, which is a good thing. But I think > > it's silly, or even wrong, that GitHub hides its own code. Since users > > do not rely on GitHub for their personal data (like Facebook) or run it > > outside a sandbox on their own computer (like MS Windows), users still > > maintain control over their data and computing. One thing about GitHub > > that I'm guessing might cause problems is that it makes its users used > > to using centralized services, a habit they might carry on to services > > such as Facebook that might actually harm them; but this is purely > > speculative. My real issue with GitHub is simply that they hide useful > > information in the form of source code. Also, I always prefer > > decentralized solutions when possible. > > > > So what I'm basically asking for if exists is this: StatusNet with text > > messages replaced by commit messages (and of course some other > > primitives). > > > > If it doesn't exist, I'm guessing it will not be difficult to patch > > together a git hook, some OStatus code, and a bit of HTML. > > sounds interesting, can i throw some xmpp in? :P
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