diff --git a/content/journal/migrating-from-github-to-sourcehut/index.md b/content/journal/migrating-from-github-to-sourcehut/index.md index caba7be..aeb57b3 100644 --- a/content/journal/migrating-from-github-to-sourcehut/index.md +++ b/content/journal/migrating-from-github-to-sourcehut/index.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- -title: "Migrating from Github to Sourcehut" -date: 2024-10-31T16:05:04-04:00 +title: "Migrating from GitHub to SourceHut" +date: 2024-11-05T12:21:55-05:00 draft: false references: - title: "Switching to SourceHut Builds - Tim Hårek" @@ -13,34 +13,28 @@ references: file: drewdevault-com-yuxzdw.txt --- -I've moved this site's repository from [GitHub][1] to [SourceHut][2], an alternative, open-source Git host. Why? For a few reasons ... +I've moved this site's repository from [GitHub][1] to [SourceHut][2], an alternative, open-source Git host.I thought I'd take a few minutes to explain the why and the how. [1]: https://github.com/ [2]: https://sourcehut.org/ -### Why? +I've been on GitHub since 2008, and I still use it every day as part of my job. I've no major complaints -- I'm still worlds happier using it than when I'm forced to use Jira or similar. Still, something has shifted in the last 16 years. -* GH/MS kind of lame - * Sales people -* AI -* Git is decentralized/open source; GitHub is centralized/closed source -* I like and follow DD (maybe not) -* [Tim Harek uses it][3] -* I'm still a happy enough GitHub user at work, but this is my place where I can be as fussy as I my heart desires. +I get regular emails from their salespeople trying to upsell us on more expensive enterprise plans; that's how it goes in a capitalist society, but I prefer my tech a little scrappier. I'm not crazy about Git -- open-source, decentralized technology -- becoming largely synonomous with a closed-source, centralized platform owned by a three-trillion dollar company, nor about my work and personal coding activity being all mixed up together. Furthermore, the way they've used open-source code to train up their LLM (Copilot) that they then sell back to developers doesn't sit right with me. + +I learned about SourceHut from [Tim Hårek][3] and have been following along for a few years. A thread on Mastodon (alas, lost in the void) about Copilot finally motivated me to sign up. I happily paid $20 to support the effort as well as to get access to SourceHut Builds, their GitHub Actions equivalent ([this post about why they require a paid account to use CI][4] is a gem). [3]: https://timharek.no/blog/switching-to-sourcehut-builds +[4]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html -* I paid for it - * Happy to support independents - * Cheaper than self hosting [Gitea][4] or similar - * [Cryptocurrency is an abject disaster][5] +After a few evenings of tinkering, I've got this site (as well as my [mdrenum tool][5]) moved over. I'm pretty anti-[bikeshedding][6] at work, but this is my place to be exactly as fussy as my heart desires. -[4]: https://about.gitea.com/ -[5]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html +[5]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/mdrenum +[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality -### Stuff to know +### Setting up SourceHut Builds Adding a new remote is as simple as @@ -50,19 +44,24 @@ git remote add origin git@git.sr.ht:~dce/davideisinger.com git push origin main ```` -But switching from GitHub Actions to SourceHut Builds took some doing. +But switching from GitHub Actions to SourceHut Builds took some doing. A few things to note: -* No actions marketplace -* `&` doesn't work -* Secrets go in files, not environment variables -* Shared config file - * https://man.sr.ht/builds.sr.ht/#build-environment -* Disable logging - * https://man.sr.ht/builds.sr.ht/#keeping-your-secrets-a-secret +* There's no analog to GitHub's [Actions Marketplace][7]. You've got what's available via the OS package manager, and beyond that, you'll need to install things by hand. [Here's how I install Bun][8], for example. ---- +[7]: https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions +[8]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/mdrenum/tree/main/item/.build.yml#L14 -* [Switching to SourceHut Builds - Tim Hårek](https://timharek.no/blog/switching-to-sourcehut-builds) -* -* -* +* `&` doesn't work for starting background tasks. Building this site requires starting a local [image server][9] and then calling it from Hugo. On GitHub, I could start the server with `bundle exec ruby dither.rb &`, but SourceHut seems to strip off the `&`, starting the process in the foreground and thus hanging the build. Switching over to `rackup` with the `--daemonize` option works fine. + +[9]: /journal/encrypt-and-dither-photos-in-hugo/#2-build-a-tiny-image-server + +* Secrets go in files, not environment variables. If you need a secret as an environment variable, do [something like this][10]. Be sure to disable logging before you do this -- it's verbose in surprising ways (see ["Keeping your secrets a secret"][11] in the docs). + +[10]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/davideisinger.com/tree/main/.build.yml#L38 +[11]: https://man.sr.ht/builds.sr.ht/#keeping-your-secrets-a-secret + +* Add stuff to `~/.buildenv` (which runs before every step) to reduce duplication. See [docs][12] and examples for [this site][13] and [mdrenum][14]. + +[12]: https://man.sr.ht/builds.sr.ht/#build-environment +[13]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/davideisinger.com/tree/main/.build.yml#L21 +[14]: https://git.sr.ht/~dce/mdrenum/tree/main/item/.build.yml#L15-17