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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only good thing about GitHub is the fact that its backend is git

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm impressed it hasn't become a bloated copilot mess like all other Microsoft products have. It's still relatively as quick and functional as it's ever been.

I wouldn't say it's perfect. Definitely not. But it's definitely on the highest end of Microsoft owned products.

Probably because it's very similar to how it was before they bought it.

I primarily do not use it for development though. So take that with a grain of salt. Some small projects I contribute to still.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Just give it time. Microsoft's modus operandi is EEE; they're just having to contend with the absolutely massive user base, so they're moving much more slowly.

GitHub certainly is as "functional" as it's ever been, and no more. Basic search is still laughable, for example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are better backends though.

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

Better in what way?

There are certainly others but … git is the defacto standard for a reason.

There are certainly use cases for others, just wondering what you mean?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  1. Git is for bazaar-style development. However, most of my own projects are cathedral-style.
  2. Git’s default user experience (CLI command syntax, for example) is weird. There are reasons why Git GUIs are popular and (e.g.) SVN GUIs never were.
  3. Git is rather spammy in terms of hard disk usage.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

better in what way?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

> says there are better back ends

> Doesn't list a single one nor how they're better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Depends on the task. SVN or Fossil (if you need a web interface) for cathedral-style, Mercurial for bazaar-style, I’d say. Especially because of their easy to understand UX.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
  1. Nothing is preventing git from being used for cathedral development.

  2. Nothing is preventing you from using any of the plethora of frontends available.

  3. If all of your projects are a single file, you have much deeper problems than selecting source control.