• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    So, a web front end to git ? Why do you say SourceForge is dead, there are many open source projects on SourceForge, are they at risk of disappearing ?

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      1 year ago

      It’s not just a web front end. I would call it a software development lifecycle service. On top of repos for source code management there could be a bunch of services: Issue tracker, CI/CD automation, static pages hosting, flexible permissions system, even pull requests - all this is not Git.

      Forge is a nice and easy name, but not sure if many people realize what it means or recognize that meaning.

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      1 year ago

      Its not a fronted, you don’t purely commit and manage code from github. It’s a platform for hosting git repositories that supports integration with CI/CD tools. At its heart git is simple (enough), it’s a version control software. Github is a Web platform that hosts projects version controlled with git and adds in features like pull requests and reviews or github actions for building/linting your project.