Ask HN: I don't want to rely on GitHub as the only storage of my opensource code

2 points3dfan7y ago10 comments

I am currently hosting my open source contributions on GitHub.

I think it would be foolish to think that GitHub will be around and be trustworthy forever. At some point it will go down like every other project does.

What is a good way to make sure I can still access my repos no matter what happens to GitHub?

I don't want to host them locally. Too much of a hassle.

What's an easy way to mirror them to other places?

Ask HN: I don't want to rely on GitHub as the only storage of my opensource code

2 points3dfan7y ago10 comments

I am currently hosting my open source contributions on GitHub.

I think it would be foolish to think that GitHub will be around and be trustworthy forever. At some point it will go down like every other project does.

What is a good way to make sure I can still access my repos no matter what happens to GitHub?

I don't want to host them locally. Too much of a hassle.

What's an easy way to mirror them to other places?

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aaronbrethorst7y ago· 4 in thread

    git push backup master

Where backup is a remote that exists literally anywhere else. Amazon, Gitlab, and Bitbucket are three choices that come to mind.

3dfanOP7y ago

Sure, I know how to push stuff somewhere.

My question is more about the where. What is a good free service that is expected to stand the test of time?

Maybe it's possible to make archive.org archive GitHub repos?

db48x7y ago

Sure, you can use `git bundle` to export your repository to a file, then upload it to the archive. There's a nice command-line tool for doing the upload (https://github.com/jjjake/internetarchive), so you can easily script this so that it's automatic.

eesmith7y ago

You wrote "At some point [GitHub] will go down like every other project does." Doesn't that mean you don't expect any good free service to stand the test of time?

Just how long do you want?

Perhaps if you pay for a service it's more likely that it will last?

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detaro7y ago

Parent comment also mentions 3 "where"s. Sourceforge is another option.

karmakaze7y ago

I would suggest using either GitHub or GitLab as primary and mirror on the other. I prefer the issue management of GitLab so use that as my primary.

The top search result[0] are GitLab docs for pushing to or pulling from another repository for mirroring.

[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=github+gitlab+mirror

stephen827y ago

How about setting up your own server and use https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea to host your projects there?

krapp7y ago

>I don't want to host them locally. Too much of a hassle.

No it isn't. Just buy an external drive or something and copy your repos to it, done and done.

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