a newbie question about GitHub hosting

[Mircea Neacsu]

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

[Southmountain]

your info gives me more understanding of Git. thanks again:rose:

diligent hands rule....

[RickZeeland]

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.

[Shao Voon Wong]

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.

[Jeremy Falcon]

Southmountain wrote:

is there any possibility that GitHub lost my projects

No. Don't delete your repo.

Jeremy Falcon

[charlieg]

thank you that link to gitea.

Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

[DrWalter PE]

Everyone knows that the internet never loses anything!

[giulicard]

If I remember correctly, git can also work with an ssh server. You don't have any of the functionality of github, but you can alternatively also save your sources on an ssh server that you personally have control of.

[jweled]

No hosting platform is truly rock-solid, as people have pointed out in this thread. Personally, I keep some projects on GitHub but always keep a local copy as well, and (hopefully) that's enough for me.

[MikeCO10]

Quote:

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.

[jschell]

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.