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by echelon 3733 days ago
Wow. Well, if that's the case I'll never be using Gitlab then. :(

I'd pay money to have my username, too.
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jobvandervoort 3733 days ago
Unfortunately, you won't be able to claim a username that is already taken. That would be unfair to other users.

GitLab.com is growing fast, but most people should be able to still claim their username.

Of course, you always have the option to run your own instance relatively easily [0].

[0]: https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/

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meagher 3733 days ago
GitHub has a policy of releasing dormant usernames, will GitLab do that?
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jobvandervoort 3733 days ago
We have currently no plans, but happy to discuss it [0].

[0]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/14932

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dannysu 3733 days ago
Would love to be able to use my GitHub username on GitLab as well. Currently occupied by a dormant user with zero activity over the last 10 months, no repos except a fork of GitLab CE and no added commits to it. Of course I don't know if he has private repos or not.
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jobvandervoort 3733 days ago
We're considering adopting the same policy, see the issue linked above.
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echelon 3732 days ago
That would be amazing.

(I'm not sure why I got downvoted into oblivion. I stated my honest opinion--I haven't signed up for a lot of services where I can't use the username I want.)

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