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GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation (www.theverge.com)
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[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I would like to but I do want some private repos.

Maybe self hosting is the best move from here on in.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A forge like Codeberg is great for collaboration, but if you mean private as in just-for-yourself, pushing to a bare repo on just about anything will get it done. No need for a software forge. If you already sync files somehow, like some dropbox equivelant, put bare repos on there and push/pull from there. That said, forgejo is very easy to self-host and the identical UI to Codeberg.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't do any development, but my stepkid is starting to get into it, so I set up a forgejo container on my server. I had zero issues setting it up and now I'm planning on using it for my own purposes.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Git is great for a folder of plain text notes and writing. Even binary files are okay, but you don’t benefit from the line-by-line diffs.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Top notch stepdad.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Private repos, if you don't need a forge, can easily be pushed to a VPS with ssh

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't Codeberg have private repos? I could've sworn I've created one.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you need private repositories for commercial projects (e.g. because you represent a company or are a developer that needs a space to host private freelance projects for your clients), we would highly recommend that you take a look at Forgejo. Forgejo is the Git hosting software that Codeberg runs. It is free software and relatively easy to self-host. Codeberg does not offer private hosting services.

https://docs.codeberg.org/getting-started/faq/

[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How about private repositories?

In many cases, yes, we do allow them (under certain conditions)!

Our priority is to support the free content and free and open-source software ecosystems. As such, we cannot invest time, hardware and resources to provide private hosting for everyone. However, contributors to the aforementioned ecosystems can use up to 100 MB of private content at their own convenience.

https://docs.codeberg.org/getting-started/faq/#how-about-private-repositories?

[–] mrks@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you. I will have to look.

I haven't used Codeberg before so I was kind of just assuming.

I think I will make my way over to Codeberg.