These are large existing code-bases that where developed without federation in mind. Gitlab also started working on AP federation, but like with Forgejo it looks like a multi-year project that it involves a lot of refactoring of the code.
Well, I mean, it’s been like that from the beginning. You don’t open a pull request to the Linux kernel through a web UI, you tell git to send Linus an email with your changes.
Forgejo (gitea) seem to be implementing federation into git
I have no idea how this wasn’t a lower hanging fruit. If theres one social service I want federated, its a git server.
These are large existing code-bases that where developed without federation in mind. Gitlab also started working on AP federation, but like with Forgejo it looks like a multi-year project that it involves a lot of refactoring of the code.
I suppose I meant so far as priorities, I wasn’t clear. Hosting OSS seems like it would be one of the first things to federate imo.
A central search engine would be a great start. Search across gitlab, github, codeberg etc.
What even is federation in the context of a distributed vcs like Git? Does it mean federation of the typical dev ops tools (issues, PRs, etc.)?
Exactly that!
Well, I mean, it’s been like that from the beginning. You don’t open a pull request to the Linux kernel through a web UI, you tell git to send Linus an email with your changes.
Then you log into GitHub to work with almost any other open source project. Issues, PRs, blah blah blah.