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I hate github, tell me about cool projects and apps that is hosted on alternative platforms (Not mirrored). (biglemmowski.win)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

I dont get how that works, you mail those lines with all those

+line
+something
-something

And they can like transform that into git and have it work as an actual patch?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yes, it's called a diff and git was designed with exactly this workflow in mind because it's how the Linux kernel has been developed for decades. GitHub is just a new fangled way to social network-ize the git workflow.

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