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I would like to introduce you lovely OpenSource Lovers to a GIT-Alternative called FOSSIL that I also stumbled upon because of this Blog. It's basically opensource Github-in-a-box which means it's an SCM with:

  • Bug-tracker
  • Ticketting-system
  • Forum
  • Wiki-system
  • even a Chat-functionality
  • Has built-in GUI
  • Also has a Web-Server
  • Self-Hostable like Gitea/Forgejo

& the best part it's all in ONE STANDALONE FILE!!! which is extremely lightweight which you can copy to your $PATH & works even in crappy internet. how cool is that!!

However this tool supports a completely different style of development in FOSS called the "Cathedral-Style" whereas GIT suports a "Bazaar-Style" The person behind Fossil is the creator of SQLite, Dr.Richard Hipp & they even made other projects to support Fossil like a PIC-Like language called PikChr Well just in case; here's a list of difference between Git vs Fossil & guess what!! they even have a hosting service called CHISEL

Listen; Just check it out & use it for fun in your spare time even with the flaws it has (& Try out Darcs & Pijul as well)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you live in a world where storage is expensive or rare? Because I more or less forgot the meaning of deleting files.

Also git does support the git protocol as a server if you really need it.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The last time I checked Just because storage is cheap (it's not where I live) doesn't give you the excuse to create/use unomptimized garbage All GIT does is versioning (which is Fine), Fossil comparitively has more features that GIT should have but doesn't (like a "Sync all" repos)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Are you sure you're not getting butt hurt by valid critiques?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What are these "Valid Critiques" ? You don't mean "Why should I try out Fossil when I'm used to Git"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I use plane for my personal project ticketing and git is built into all my IDE. Why make it harder because of a random Foss project with opinions.