Post #2671847
2026-05-11 10:19 UTC
i still don’t understand what it does. it seems to replicate git’s existing distributed patching capabilities using another protocol, tying it to social media profiles instead of crypto keys?
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@johnydoe666@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-11 10:55
The big added benefit is that its federated using the AT protocol. So while you join a local instance (or, knot), or even set one up yourself, you still get all the benefits that GitHub currently provides around making coding social and discoverable, unlike other alternatives like forgejo. So it’s not doing anything to git itself, but rather the layer on top, the forge