GitHub Thinks I'm a Robot

Re:GitHub Thinks I'm a Robot by CaliforniaKarl on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:03PM (#11837515)

Ouch. Yeah, it's not good when suddenly everything is disappeared from public view.

So, two comments.

First, GitHub, if you believe an account is not associated with a human, put a banner up on all of their pages, one that _everyone_ can see. For the banner visible to everyone, say something like "We [GitHub] think this account's owner is not human. Please have the account owner log in ASAP, or this page will disappear soon!"

Next, don't forget this this is Git. If you don't have 100% trust in GitHub, then just mirror your repo somewhere else. Spend the 20$ a month to get an account at a web host that supports cron jobs, and run a mirror script every five minutes.

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Re:GitHub Thinks I'm a Robot by ultramancool on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:37PM (#11837634)

$20 a month for a web host? What year did I get teleported back to? How about a $5/mo digitalocean box or $15/mo kimsufi dedicated server.

Better yet, just host your code on your own stuff and sync it over to GitHub using a hook. Deploying gogs or gitlab using docker is dead easy.

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Re:GitHub Thinks I'm a Robot by chao- on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:52PM (#11837689)

Seconding setting up your own. I have a low-power just-in-case "server" (a term I use loosely, it's a little $200 Zotac zbox) paired with a NAS just for this purpose.

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