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Open Source Everything has moved to GitLab (gitlab.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Charger8232@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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TL;DR: I accidentally deleted the old repository with 107 stars, and have moved the project to GitLab because GitHub requires a paid account to recover deleted repositories. I take full responsibility for this, it was an extremely stupid mistake on my part. I deeply apologize for the inconvenience. I understand if this damages the trust in the project.

I appreciate all the support you all have given towards the project, it truly means a lot to me! For those of you who bookmarked the repo, please update it to the new GitLab page which will now be actively maintained.

If you don't know what Open Source Everything is, see my original post. It's my own curated list of open source software.

Update: GitHub was able to restore the repository! Special thanks to Seve from GitHub Support for bending the rules a bit. GitLab will still be the primary place where the repository is hosted.

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[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did keep local backups of the project, which is how I was able to get it up and running on GitLab quickly.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I meant general computer backups, I just had trouble phrasing it correctly. As in, you and I probably didn't backup our computers properly until we lost something. That's how most of us get into backups. Similar here.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Ah. I was always good about backups, but I never tested them. I used Timeshift for backups, and when I needed to recover a backup whoops! No user data. I fixed it to backup user data, and whoops! Still no user data.

Another time I used a proper backup client, but when I went to restore it it overwrote itself and so it failed and I lost the backup. Always test your backups.