---
title: "Migrating from Github to Sourcehut"
date: 2024-10-31T16:05:04-04:00
draft: false
references:
- title: "Switching to SourceHut Builds - Tim Hårek"
  url: https://timharek.no/blog/switching-to-sourcehut-builds
  date: 2024-11-01T03:59:37Z
  file: timharek-no-becx2e.txt
- title: "Cryptocurrency is an abject disaster"
  url: https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html
  date: 2024-10-31T20:10:12Z
  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 ...

[1]: https://github.com/
[2]: https://sourcehut.org/

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###  Why?

* 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.

[3]: https://timharek.no/blog/switching-to-sourcehut-builds

* I paid for it
  * Happy to support independents
  * Cheaper than self hosting [Gitea][4] or similar
  * [Cryptocurrency is an abject disaster][5]

[4]: https://about.gitea.com/
[5]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html

###  Stuff to know

Adding a new remote is as simple as

```sh
git remote rename origin github
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.

* 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

---

* [Switching to SourceHut Builds - Tim Hårek](https://timharek.no/blog/switching-to-sourcehut-builds)
* <https://git.sr.ht/~timharek/timharek.no/tree/main/item/.build.yml>
* <https://git.sr.ht/~dce/mdrenum/tree/main/item/.build.yml>
* <https://git.sr.ht/~dce/davideisinger.com/tree/main/item/.build.yml>