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Re:Show HN: Gitern is a Git host for hackers by szek on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @06:32PM (#23922304)
I think the point is not about backups. It is really, really easy to set up a remote git repository. Everything is nicely documented in chapter 4 of Pro Git [1]. Because a git remote is nothing more than a plain directory, you could serve a git repo anywhere you could store files, even on your own disks.

If multiple people need push access to a private repository, just serve a central repository as on a VPS and use SSH for authentication. I am not sure if there is a reason to use a third party hosting service for this, especially when hosting private repos.

[1]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Getting-Git...

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Re:Show HN: Gitern is a Git host for hackers by k00b on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @06:51PM (#23922423)
> just serve a central repository as on a VPS and use SSH for authentication

Reminds me of this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

Edit: I don't mean to dismiss your comment. I just mean to say I'm obviously comfortable doing what you described but it's not a trivial amount of effort even if it is conceptually straightforward.

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Re:Show HN: Gitern is a Git host for hackers by saagarjha on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @07:11PM (#23922567)
It's a little bit of work, but really it's surprising how well Git works with the dumbest servers. I run a number of Git mirrors off a $5 VPS served from a folder that I run python3 -m http.server in; it's literally just that and it works beautifully.
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Re:Show HN: Gitern is a Git host for hackers by gigatexal on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:17PM (#23923553)
And what about ssl?
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Re:Show HN: Gitern is a Git host for hackers by saagarjha on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:39AM (#23936126)
Ignored ;)
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Re:Show HN: Gitern is a Git host for hackers by k00b on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @07:42PM (#23922755)
Agreed, git is great!
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