[kennysmoothx]

FYI in an emergency you can edit files directly on Github without the need to use git.

Edit: ugh... if you rely on GH Actions for workflows though actions/checkout@v4 is also currently experiencing the git issues, so no dice if you depend on that.

[ruuda]

FYI in an emergency you can `git push` to and `git pull` from any SSH-capable host without the need to use GitHub.

[cluckindan]

FYI in an emergency you can SSH to your server and edit files and the DB directly.

Where is your god now, proponents of immutable filesystems?!

[BadBadJellyBean]

I love when people do that because they always say "I will push the fix to git later". They never do and when we deploy a version from git things break. Good times.

I started packing things into docker containers because of that. Makes it a bit more of a hassle to change things in production.

[noir_lord]

Depends on the org, the big ones I've worked for regular Devs even seniors don't have anything like the level of access to be able to pull a stunt like that.

At the largest place I did have prod creds for everything because sometimes they are necessary and I had the seniority (sometimes you do need them in a "oh crap" scenario).

They where all setup on a second account in my work Mac which had a danger will Robinson wallpaper because I know myself, far far too easy to mentally fat finger when you have two sets of creds.

[1718627440]

It's easier, when the deployed instance on the server is also a Git repo, so you can commit the changes there and pull.

[egeozcan]

FYI in an emergency, you can buy a plane ticket and send someone to access the server directly.

I actually had the privilege of being sent to the server.

[noir_lord]

Had a coworker have to drive across the country once to hit a power button (many years ago).

Because my suggestion they have a spare ADSL connection for out of channel stuff was an unnecessary expense... Til he broke the firewall knocked a bunch of folks offline across a huge physical site and locked himself out of everything.

The spare line got fitted the next month.

[lenerdenator]

I'm actually getting "ERROR: no healthy upstream" on `git pull`.

They done borked it good.

[avree]

If your remote is set to a [e-mail] remote, it won't work. They're just pointing out that you could use git to set origin/your remote to a different ssh capable server, and push/pull through that.

[rco8786]

Yup, we were just trying to hotfix prod and ran into this. What is happening to the internet lately.

[shrikant]

We're not using Github Actions, but CircleCI is also failing git operations on Github (it doesn't recognise our SSH keys).

[vielite1310]

True that, and this time Github AI actually have a useful answer to check for githubstatus.com

[lopatin]

Can you create a branch through GitHub UI?

[hobofan]

Yes. Just start editing a file and when you hit the "commit changes" button it will ask you what name to use for the branch.