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Re:Git password authentication is shutting down by javajosh on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:41PM (#28163806)
Interestingly, Microsoft has a product called TFS that has a great wiki implementation: it's native markdown (with github enhancements), a decent in-browser editor/viewer, and it's backed by git. Plus it has some nice features that let you refer to people with the at-symbol (@) and work items (bugs, tasks, stories, features, etc) with a hash symbol (#), and some other stuff. Github itself has some of these features; I'm not aware of anything else like it (Tiddlywiki, ignoring it's unusual runtime, may be the closest that I'm aware of).
Re:Git password authentication is shutting down by prepend on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:24PM (#28164195)
I disagree. I think TFS is an abortion geared around project managers with dev features bolted on. The wiki is ok if you’ve never used other products and their optimizations require an understanding of TFS’ project management suite. I’ve never been able to teach non-TFSers how to use the wiki who don’t commit to learning TFS.
Re:Git password authentication is shutting down by javajosh on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:41PM (#28164301)
Yes, TFS is overall a survelleince produce for managers. However, that has nothing to do with the wiki implementation included with it, which is quite good. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Re:Git password authentication is shutting down by prepend on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:11PM (#28164513)
I found it hard to use for the primary goal of a wiki: allow contributors to contribute. Wikis need diverse SMEs and it was hard to get SMEs to understand how it worked well enough to contribute and edit content, much less organize. Was able to do this with confluence, mediawiki, and tons of other wiki sites