Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Decentralized git repo software with watch and fork features?

[elf Pavlik]

Excerpts from Nicolás Reynolds's message of 2012-07-16 15:07:44 +0000:
> "Niels G. W. Serup" <ns@metanohi.name> 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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http://codetu.be (website IPv6 only :(

among others developeed by https://github.com/dodo/ (in cc)
who also hacks on XMPP based social networking platform http://buddycloud.com/

cheers!
~ elf pavlik ~