My own Git server.
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it's free and convenient? if there was another reliable, free git host with a polished web interface and decent cli for features like issues, sure, I'd consider moving to it. I'm not in the market though, I have other work to do
also the github actions workflows are brilliant.
We run our own SourceHut instance because I hate all the social dopamine crap built into GH. I hate you need an account just to participate in a repo. I hate the heavy UI (sometimes it's better than others).
Also, srht supports hg as well as git.
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I made a similar post a while ago if you want to see some more answers - https://lemmy.ml/post/1990593
If the social features become too egregious. It's already turning into borderline LinkedIn with their new feed updates
Have you seen all the people just stuffing their profile README full of random graphics and stats and badges
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I use GitHub as an off-site backup for personal projects for over a decade now. I don't think I'll be moving away for any reason.
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Someone creates an alternative that is federated by default, like Lemmy. But additionally it is fault tolerant, i.e. if one instance goes down, my account will still live on on another, and so will the repositories and all their associated data.
This is the world I want to live in.
Don't know if anyone remembers but private repo's used to be restricted on GitHub, so I actually use BitBucket for most of my private stuff.
Feels like it wouldn't take much change for me to leave with my own stuff although some presence would always be necessary due to contributions. I don't use any of the "features" of GH though, except for pages and that's for work.
Already moved in the sense that I am not creating any new projects on GH. I am rehosting old projects opportunistically. No plans to get rid of the account unless GH does something really messed up.
It would take a lot to get me to start using it. Git is great, and GitHub is a mess.
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I mirror all my stuff on Gitlab just in case GitHub goes away, it probably won't happen but I like having backups! :)
As someone who has to use Azure DevOps for work, I can safely say GitHub is safe. Microsoft put so much effort into while Azure DevOps seems like an after thought to them now.
Simple. I would switch if there was something better available. Nothing else I've tried is even close to as good.
I use it for work so to entirely leave it they'd have to move away. That seems unlikely.
My account has not seen a single commit in years now, and yet I can let it go... I still "need" it for support on an old project of mine that I share with other people, and to submit changes for projects I care about which are only on GitHub.
I also keep my account for name squatting purposes, and so people can find the link to my actual repo.
I don't think I'll go all the way to delete my account, but my projects are definitely not reliant on it anymore.