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Re: RFC: Moving git-gui development to GitHub

From
Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birger.sp@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 24, 2019, 07:37 UTC
Message-ID
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Hi,

I would _love_ to see git-gui development moved to GitHub (or a similar solution like Gitlab or Bitbucket). I have only submitted a few patches, comments and new topics to this project. But I find the use of mailing lists to be a _lot_ less efficient than using a repository hosting service (like GitHub).

Advantages with GitHub
- Tidier than emails (very much so). Threads are neatly separated in a
single list, comments to threads are listed under their respective
thread. Threads can be linked.
- It's a lot easier to get a total overview of all issues. Especially
useful when you'd want to see open issues. Pratyush mentions he has a
text-file on his computer where he lists all the currently open
issues. We can't see this text-file. And even if we could, we'd still
have to navigate the mail archives to find the discussions and read
the emails one page at a time.
- It's a lot less hassle to submit patches (PRs), easier for everyone.
Disadvantages
- Git GUI contributors must have a GH account.
- All the data (threads, discussions, patches, etc) is not backed up
to such a large extent as it is when everyone has a copy of everything
in their email inboxes.

Best regards, Birger

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Message 3 of 20 in “RFC: Moving git-gui development to GitHub”
  1. Pratyush YadavOct 23, 2019
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2019
  3. Birger Skogeng PedersenOct 24, 2019
  4. Denton LiuOct 24, 2019
  5. Pratyush YadavOct 24, 2019
  6. Pratyush YadavOct 24, 2019
  7. Birger Skogeng PedersenOct 25, 2019
  8. Pratyush YadavOct 25, 2019
  9. Elijah NewrenOct 24, 2019
  10. Pratyush YadavOct 25, 2019
  11. Jakub NarebskiOct 26, 2019
  12. Konstantin RyabitsevOct 28, 2019
  13. Elijah NewrenOct 30, 2019
  14. Birger Skogeng PedersenNov 20, 2019
  15. Elijah NewrenNov 20, 2019
  16. Pain points in PRs [was: Re: RFC: Moving git-gui development to GitHub]SZEDER Gábor, Apr 19, 2021
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2021
  18. Son Luong NgocApr 20, 2021
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2021
  20. Felipe ContrerasApr 22, 2021

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