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date: "2020-11-17T13:13:03-08:00"
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- git
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- foss
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title: "Resilient Git, Part 0: Introduction"
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---
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Recently, GitHub re-instated the [youtube-dl git
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repository](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) after following a takedown
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request by the RIAA under the DMCA. Shortly after the takedown, many members of the
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community showed great interest in "decentralizing git" and setting up a more
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resilient forge. What many of these people fail to understand is that the Git-based
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project setup is designed to support decentralization by being fully distributed.
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Following the drama, I'm putting together a multi-part guide on how to leverage the
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decentralized, distributed nature of git and its ecosystem. I made every effort to
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include all parts of a typical project.
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I'll update this post as I add articles to the series. At the moment, I've planned to
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write the following articles:
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2020-11-19 02:25:33 +00:00
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1. [Hydra Hosting](../../../2020/11/18/git-workflow-1.html): repository hosting.
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2. Community feedback (issues, support, etc.)
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3. Community contributions (patches)
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4. CI/CD
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5. Distribution
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The result of the workflows this series covers will be minimal dependence on outside
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parties; all members of the community will easily be able to get a copy of the
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software, its code, development history, issues, and patches offline on their
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machines with implementation-neutral open standards. Following open standards is the
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killer feature: nothing in this workflow depends on a specific platform (GitHub,
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GitLab, Gitea, Bitbucket, Docker, Nix, Jenkins, etc.), almost eliminating your
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project's "bus factor".
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Providing a way to get everything offline, in a format that won't go obsolete if a
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project dies, is the key to a resilient git workflow.
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## Before we start: FAQ
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Q: What level of experience does this series expect?
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A: Basic knowledge of git, and a very basic understanding of email. If you have a few
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repos and can use a third-party email client, you're good.
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Q: Do you think you can get hundreds and thousands of people to drop Git{Hub,Lab,tea}
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and use a different workflow?
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A: No, but that would be nice. If only five people who read this series give this
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workflow a spin and two of them like it and keep using it, I'd be happy.
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Q: Is this workflow more difficult than my current one?
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A: "Difficult" is subjective. I recommend TRYING this before jumping to conclusions
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(or worse, sharing those conclusions with others before they have a chance to try
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it).
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Q: I'm not interested in trying anything new, no matter what the benefits are.
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2020-11-19 02:25:33 +00:00
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A: First of all, that wasn't a question. Second, this series isn't for you. You
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should not read this. I recommend doing literally anything else.
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Next: Resilient Git, Part 2: [Hydra Hosting](../../../2020/11/18/git-workflow-1.html)
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