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by hden 2835 days ago
If anyone is looking for a alternative without tech giants’ grasp on it, Git over IPFS (or SSB) might me a interesting solution.
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Git over IPFS is already WIP:

There is mostly functional git remote - https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/git-remote-ipld - It's still missing "full" remote tracking with IPNS, that will get implemented soon after next go-ipfs release, so it's a bit weird to use now

Git portal is also taking shape: https://igis.io/ (also accessible via any gateway - https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/igis.io/). Git repo is at https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/IGiS (Dynamic features like pull-requests are hard).

Edit: formatting

Also, if you mostly use GitHub as a way to backup your code or to synchronise it between machines, and you're okay with spending a little bit, simply spin up a 5$/month VPS on digital ocean (or similar), set up your SSH keys, create bare git repos for your projects, and you're good to go. Private and simple.
Another alternative, Keybase recently launched encrypted git. https://keybase.io/blog/encrypted-git-for-everyone
Recently, like almost a year ago.

It's good, by the way.

> SSB

Single Sideband Radio?

Secure Scuttlebutt
I was sharing the https://scuttlebot.io/apis/community/git-ssb.html linke an hour ago at this site :P