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Stop using gitlab.com for projects - Credit card info required for new registrations (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by vivi@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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If your IP (and possible your browser) looks "suspicious" or has been used by other users before, you need to add additional information for registration on gitlab.com, which includes your mobile phone number and possibly credit card information. Since it is not possible to contribute or even report issues on open source projects without doing so, I do not think any open source project should use this service until they change that.

Screenshot: https://i.ibb.co/XsfcfHf/gitlab.png

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If you want people to contribute to your project, Github is by far the best. If you're off Github, it reduces your visibility by a lot.

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can host your project anywhere you want, setup mirroring to github and drop a link in its description. So you'll have github visibility and won't depend on github. Addiitional repo backup is a bonus.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

100% mirroring is the way to go.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Even just for reporting issues, anyone who is capable of identifying a bug is likely to have a GitHub account. Not so for Gitlab or others.

Then you've got seamless integration with Vscode as a bonus, it's more like why would you not use GitHub unless you have a specific problem with them.

[–] dan@upvote.au 5 points 9 months ago

Even just for reporting issues, anyone who is capable of identifying a bug is likely to have a GitHub account. Not so for Gitlab or others.

If you really want to, you can add a "log in with Github" button to your Gitlab server: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/github.html

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

I was asked to report bugs by people without github account several times, so you are wrong.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then you’ve got seamless integration with Vscode as a bonus, it’s more like why would you not use GitHub unless you have a specific problem with them.

Does GitHub still only permit one account? I remember looking into it awhile back and not wanting to get things mixed up between personal/professional arrangements and the one account policy put me off.

[–] alexdeathway@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

congratulations then, it supports multiple accounts, haven't used it yet though.