a newbie question about GitHub hosting
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my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
GH says: Never! But Lol: Are you really that naive?
no. I am serious about this question. currently I used paid service from another company to host my projects...
diligent hands rule....
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For any practical purpose: no. Keep in mind that you have a repository on your computer(s) that you push to GitHub. Even if GitHub dies or explodes or what not, you still have the repository on your computer(s). Assuming you have two computers, a desktop and a laptop, plus the repo on GitHub there are already 3 copies of your code and you are following the 3-2-1 backup rule (3 copies on 2 media with 1 offsite). If you want an added layer of security you can make an account with another Git provider like Bitbucket or Gitlab and have 2 or more remotes. At a point maintaining all of them in sync becomes a hassle.
Mircea
thank you! I do have another SVN services to host my projects...
diligent hands rule....
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thank you! I do have another SVN services to host my projects...
diligent hands rule....
You’re welcome! Keep in mind that Git, as opposed to SVN keeps the whole repository on your machine. If the remote repository disappears, you still have all the code and history. It is normal to work and commit locally and push to the remote repository only from time to time.
Mircea
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You’re welcome! Keep in mind that Git, as opposed to SVN keeps the whole repository on your machine. If the remote repository disappears, you still have all the code and history. It is normal to work and commit locally and push to the remote repository only from time to time.
Mircea
your info gives me more understanding of Git. thanks again:rose:
diligent hands rule....
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now I start to upload some personal projects to GitHub. Some are public and some are private. my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
diligent hands rule....
If you don't trust GitHub you can also create your own Git server with Gitea[^], which is quite easy to use as it mimics the GitHub user interface. We have been using it for years on a Windows 10 server without any major problems, it is also available for Linux and Mac. Our reason for self-hosting is not so much that we think GitHub can fail, but company policy dictates that no code may leave the premises.
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no. I am serious about this question. currently I used paid service from another company to host my projects...
diligent hands rule....
More than 10 years ago, I also used a paid hosting which advertised itself as rock solid. In 2014, they got hacked and did not want to pay the ransom and the hacker wiped clean their storage together with my repo and they went down under. It is better to back up your repo in several places and cloud. I have many old Github repo not on my local machine. Looks like I better save them locally this weekend.
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now I start to upload some personal projects to GitHub. Some are public and some are private. my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
diligent hands rule....
Southmountain wrote:
is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects
No. Don't delete your repo.
Jeremy Falcon
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If you don't trust GitHub you can also create your own Git server with Gitea[^], which is quite easy to use as it mimics the GitHub user interface. We have been using it for years on a Windows 10 server without any major problems, it is also available for Linux and Mac. Our reason for self-hosting is not so much that we think GitHub can fail, but company policy dictates that no code may leave the premises.
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my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
GH says: Never! But Lol: Are you really that naive?
Everyone knows that the internet never loses anything!
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now I start to upload some personal projects to GitHub. Some are public and some are private. my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
diligent hands rule....
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now I start to upload some personal projects to GitHub. Some are public and some are private. my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
diligent hands rule....
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now I start to upload some personal projects to GitHub. Some are public and some are private. my question: is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
diligent hands rule....
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is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects?
Well, that's past tense, so does it appear that way? Assuming future tense, Is there "any possibility"? Of course, it is possible. But a repo, which is arguably hosting, should never be the only copy of your work. Never, ever. Whether it's pushed from your local repo or uploaded as you want, you should have a local copy and I'm a fan of that being backed up as well. Twice. But if you're really using it to "host" public projects where you are not looking for editors, personally, I'd have it on a real website where you can do a detailed explanation, demo, whatever, that a wider audience can utilize.
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More than 10 years ago, I also used a paid hosting which advertised itself as rock solid. In 2014, they got hacked and did not want to pay the ransom and the hacker wiped clean their storage together with my repo and they went down under. It is better to back up your repo in several places and cloud. I have many old Github repo not on my local machine. Looks like I better save them locally this weekend.
Shao Voon Wong wrote:
It is better to back up your repo in several places and cloud.
Just noting of course that you should do backups of your computer anyways. You might slice and dice it several ways but it should cover your local source control repos (regardless of type) also.
