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Re: locally storing issues/comments/projects

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Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org>
Date
Jul 9, 2025, 00:41 UTC
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On 7/8/25 8:21 PM, Sahil Gautam wrote:
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> 
> On 7/9/25 3:01 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> It would be very nice if these hosting providers can agree to make
>> project metainformations interchangeable in an open way.
> 
> it's not just about migrations, it's about a repository being self
> reliant in itself. think of some git
> hosting provider blocking my account because of some ai algorithm, think
> of some disaster striking
> some data center or some malware deleting all the data on the servers,
> all these are quite possible.
> 
> having git store that data means that you clone the whole thing and
> doesn't matter what happens
> to the hosting provider, if you have the repository, you have the whole
> thing.
You may be interested in https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug
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Eli Schwartz
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