I would like to introduce you lovely OpenSource Lovers to a GIT-Alternative called FOSSIL that I also stumbled upon because of this Blog.<br> It’s basically opensource Github-in-a-box which means it’s an SCM with:

  • Bug-tracker
  • Ticketting-system
  • Forum
  • Wiki-system
  • even a Chat-functionality
  • Has built-in GUI
  • Also has a Web-Server
  • Self-Hostable like Gitea/Forgejo

& the best part it’s all in ONE STANDALONE FILE!!! which is extremely lightweight which you can copy to your $PATH & works even in crappy internet. how cool is that!!

However this tool supports a completely different style of development in FOSS called the “Cathedral-Style” whereas GIT suports a “Bazaar-Style”<br> The person behind Fossil is the creator of SQLite, <u>Dr.Richard Hipp</u> & they even made other projects to support Fossil like a PIC-Like language called PikChr<br> Well just in case; here’s a list of difference between Git vs Fossil<br> & guess what!! they even have a hosting service called CHISEL

Listen; Just check it out & use it for fun in your spare time even with the flaws it has (& Try out Darcs & Pijul as well)

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    201·
    13 days ago

    fossil is made by the sqlite devs, for development of sqlite. this is not some amateur operation.

    also, it’s by the sqlite people, so expect the code to be… odd.

    • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldOP
      62·
      13 days ago

      & The code behind Linux isn’t ? People back then did some REAL sorcery with coding

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        6·
        13 days ago

        back then? both codebases are fully modern. its more that sqlite uses a style that differs from the accepted norm quite a bit. that, and they don’t accept contributions.

        • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldOP
          11·
          13 days ago

          Yeah it’s the cathedral-style, Opensource but closed contributions as in no PRs

            • Voytrekk@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              12 days ago

              I would say its still open source. There is no requirement to be able to contribute modifications back. It is more about the availability of the code and what you can do with it.

            • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldOP
              12·
              12 days ago

              You’ll actually have to talk to the devs to be included in the project This VCS favours a more horizontal organization where the devs know each other (so A <u>high-trust environment</u>)

              Please don’t pretend as if OpenSource Devs don’t constantly complain about pesky PRs😅

              • Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de
                11·
                11 days ago

                Please don’t pretend as if OpenSource Devs don’t constantly complain about pesky PRs😅

                <i>I</i>'ve <u>seen</u> much <b><u>more</u> complaints</b> about <a href=“https://0.0.0.0/random_img.tiff”>people</a> constantly <marquee>demanding</marquee> their specific <h1>annoyances</h1> to be fixed without ever <i>submitting <u>a single <b>line of code</b></u></i>. <i>Maintainers</i> are pretty much <b>universally</b> welcoming to code <h2>contributions</h2> <br><br><br><br><br><br>

                I soooo hope this does something funky with someone’s Lemmy client