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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by philipwhiuk on Sunday December 10, 2023 @11:25AM (#38592637)
> A github server is much easier to set up than a subversion server.

You can't set up a GitHub server.

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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by stevenjgarner on Sunday December 10, 2023 @12:28PM (#38593165)
The intention I got from @dreamcompiler was that "A git server is much easier to set up than a subversion server.", which I feel is true.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by COMMENT___ on Sunday December 10, 2023 @01:25PM (#38593615)
No, this isn’t true. You can deploy your SVN server with ‘svnserve’ in just a few minutes.

https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.serverconfig.svnserv...

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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by dreamcompiler on Sunday December 10, 2023 @05:27PM (#38595699)
Yes. Typo on my part.

Although...you can set up a Github on-prem server -- or at least this used to be true. Talk to Github Sales and be prepared to write a check.

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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by blibble on Sunday December 10, 2023 @12:08PM (#38593024)
you can download a VM image of it from their website
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