Any (solo) developers here who don't use Git or a version control system because they prefer to manage their source files on their own?

>>105760173 (OP)
Yes me and also most of the talented devs i know
in 2025 Github is compsci year 1 semester 1 'please hire me' tier

>>105760191
Git and GitHub are not the same thing.

>>105760173 (OP)
errr yeah?
i mean
if you post on githun your code goes into the dataset for an ml
and youre not getting paid for the money THEY make

the real question ius:
why the ABSOLUTE FUCK would you want to host on github as a solodev?
esp. as a solodev?

>>105760191
Git != GitHub
>in 2025 Github is compsci year 1 semester 1 'please hire me' tier
The company I work for hosts all their repos on GitHub. The repos are private to their GitHub organization.

>>105760173 (OP)
I can understand not using git, but not using version control is retarded.

i mean
portfolio stuff SHOULD be on githoob
bc theyre part of your certifying orgs when you wanna wageslave
but for your personal projects?
nigga, ya nuts?
if its not portfolio shit
if its not throw away code
dont EVER host one someone elses machine wtf is wrong with you?

>>105760173 (OP)
i know its a running joke that people don't know how to use git but the easiest technology wins in the end, not the best (althought git is nowhere the best). cheap cloud storage means that most development will look more and more like google drive, where changes are synchronized in real time and file histories are done in the background without input of the developer. all the fad right now is windsurf, cursor, and so git become left more historic

>>105760173 (OP)
Why wouldn't you? It's extremely easy to use. You don't have to use github.

I set the save files to 99 on emacs. While developing.
Eventually I switch to RCS in maintenance.

Why not do manual snapshots and save them into a separate backup folder, so you don't need syntax for different branches? You also don't need an extra piece of software this way.

>>105760173 (OP)
Git is only useful for huge probjects with lots of contributors. If you're just some lone faggot making an app as a hobby there's no reason for it.

>>105760173 (OP)
I used to do that in my DOS days. basically packing all my source to a zip file with a date in the file name, and copying it to a floppy. once I started with CVS, I never went back to raw-dogging version control. there are no advantages to not using a vcs.

>>105760381
possibility to go back is always worth it. this is obvious. do you even code?

>>105760374
Because git makes it easier and faster if you take 20 minutes to learn a few basic commands.
Plus you can look at old commits if needed.
Plus you are learning a useful "skill" (git).

>>105760173 (OP)
you're still managing your own files with git

>>105760225
Good goys, train that copilot

>>105760381
It makes version control and working from multiple computers so much easier.

>>105760431
Apparently GitHub doesn't use private repos to train Copilot. I don't really care either way though as the company has ownership over everything.

>>105760191
>in 2025 Github is compsci year 1 semester 1 'please hire me' tier
the irony of this while not knowing what git is, grim

>>105760461
> has ownership
Had
The main use for llms is to launder IP.

>>105760479
>>105760225
>>105760203

>>105760411
You can automate backups locally or to your own servers. There's no reason you have to post it to some public site.

>Handing git my hardworked solo code for free
Fuck that

>>105760805
>There's no reason you have to post it to some public site.
Who told you to use a public Git? I use my VPS as a Git remote over SSH.

Just use syncthing and make semi regular backups on another pc?

There's zero detriment to using git, I use it with all of my documents and push to my home server running a forgejo instance

There is literally no reason not to use git. If you try a bunch of bullshit across many files and it ends up not working, you can revert it all in one second. If you don't trust github/gitlab, you can self host your own git server or just use git locally.

you know you can host your own git server right, it doesnt have to be public.

git is the ultimate retard shitdev filter

>>105760173 (OP)
I use fossil-scm instead for a intuitive experience; and I can even export to git if I want to.

>>105760173 (OP)
Im not retarded, no

>>105760240
>the easiest technology wins in the end, not the best
hello vscode

>>105760173 (OP)
>manage their source files on their own?
mental illness

>>105760381
lmao at luddites hating on Git now (Git is not Github retards).
keep filering yourselves.

>>105760374
Because then you still have to manually diff them to see what actually changed.

>>105760173 (OP)
I don't use git but it's stupid to not use a version control

if you are a small team or solo dev just use jujutsu
> automatic commit
> conflicts as fist class
> revset
> both commit and operation log, both support undo operations

https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj

>>105760173 (OP)
Me.
I have never used git and now I can't find a job.

>>105760173 (OP)
No because i'm not retarded. Git has its benefits beyond just sharing with other people.

>>105760805
>There's no reason you have to post it to some public site.
we're talking about git, not github

you can just commit and not push to a remote you mongol

>>105760173 (OP)
Git is garbage but alternatives are worse.

>>105766399
Therefore Git is not garbage, of a cliff in minecraft

>>105766515
I mean I’m sure there’s a better product that can be built, but it doesn’t exist yet.

>>105766399
Not true.
jujutsu is better and simpler than git on every metric
You will wonder why the fuck people still uses git if not just because of inertia

You think the alternative are worse only if you know just git

>>105766543

>>105760173 (OP)
Why wouldn't I use git? And what do you mean 'on their own'? Just have bare files? Git is managing it on my own.

>>105760173 (OP)
>they prefer to manage their source files on their own
They don't need to do that. They can just vibe code the files again whenever they need them.

>>105768011
>Jujutsu
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fucking zoomers, go back to your iPads hahahahahaha

>>105760173 (OP)
>Any (solo) developers here who don't use Git or a version control system because they prefer to manage their source files on their own?
you can put your git remote on a usb stick and still manage your source files on your own anon
you're just retarded and can't into git

>>105767953
>You think the alternative are worse only if you know just git
If you knew git, you'd know "working-copy-as-a-commit" is batshit retarded anon. And feature 2 appears to solve the problem feature 3 creates, but you're too useless with git to see that.

>>105768011
But I appreciate your brief shilling of jujutsu. I don't want a lowest common denominator, works with 12 different version controls, system. And anyone who suggests it to me, I will know is not to be trusted around my git repos.

>>105760173 (OP)
No, my autism isn't that severe. Take meds.

>>105768011
Buy an ad fag

>>105770356
> zoomer
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujutsu
We know jujutsu from at least 1500 anon

>>105770485
>If you knew git, you'd know "working-copy-as-a-commit" is batshit retarded anon
That\s the opposite. If you only know git you can think that working-copy-as-a-commit cannot be implemented correctly and you would knew if you just try it for a couple of days.

jujutsu (or analogous dvcs) are a proof that the staging area/stash/index are retarded and not well thought since you can achieve the same flexibility and in the mean time be also simpler

> I don't want a lowest common denominator, works with 12 different version controls, system
The compatibility is just for the backend/storage and it's a good thing, since you can theoretically use jujutsu with other storage system, eg: distributed storage


> And feature 2 appears to solve the problem feature 3 creates,
They don't create any problems, on the opposite, they together makes an extremely fast and flexible workflow

> And anyone who suggests it to me, I will know is not to be trusted around my git repos.
I don't trust people who can't recognize if some piece of sw is actually good actually. Whoever thinks git is the golden standard of dvcs is automatically a moron

>>105771605
make me, nigger
Instead, take a video on jujutsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0JzI8IcCY

>>105766381
This. What the fuck is going on in this thread??? This is a new low for /g/

>>105760205
>>105760236
Nani the fuck??

Starting to think the CS hiring crisis isn’t real

>>105772030
you don't enjoy ai generated threads?

>>105772030
I use excel spreadsheets for my source versioning

a surprising number of random devs now seem to want you to download git just to run their shitware.

Why does anybody care about their shit being used for AI training? I see people getting freaked out by it on social media, github, etc
But like. who cares????

>>105760173 (OP)
Git isn't for "managing files". It happens to be useful for version control, but what it really is is a branching meta-editor for text used for tracking and labeling changes to whatever you are typing, as well as a utility to watch and remember everything you do in a directory.
I don't necessarily use GitHub, but I don't even fire up a text editor to jot down notes anymore without doing a 'git init'. It's basically part of my mental model for how one edits text at this point.

>>105760374
For approximately the same reason that I use bash to move files around, even though I could use a hex editor to manually edit inodes directly on the disk.

>>105760411
Not even just going forward and backward -- also branching, making changes as multiple separate commits, and mixing and matching those changes later.

>>105774156
What does this have to do with git?

>>105774292
thrid post in the thread >>105760205
miss me with the "we're talking git not github" nerd shit, if half the retards ITT can't tell the difference and want to talk about ghub I'll do too

>>105760173 (OP)
It not a must for single file programs.
I started using it because I got into making a multi-project projects and had enough of fuming over not being able to restore to a previously working version.

>hating on git
I swear im going to leave this fucking site for good one day, retards are the majority now

>>105771879
>We know jujutsu from at least 1500 anon
No no no you don't, you know it from the anime in 2021.
The framework was released in 2023 just when it was cemented as a zoomgroid hit.

>>105774156
I would be fucking pissed if an AI was regurgitating my (GPL licensed) code to someone else without attribution.

>>105774823
> the first thing I think is the anime instead of the discipline known for centuries
That tells more about you being a zoomer lol

>>105774267
Or maybe think ahead when coding so you don't end up with hundreds of branches for every random thought that comes into your ADHD addled mind.

>>105760173 (OP)
The point isn't just management but collaboration.

>>105776658
should have used MIT. you could just not care and relax.

>>105777080
Alhamdulillah my fellow zoomer, let's not pretend.

>>105777742
go back watching your chinese cartoons anon, not everyone is a reddit manchild like you

>>105765985
>still uses git as a backend
>can use other backends
Looks neat

>>105760191
Lol nt dumbass, stick to polysci

>>105760173 (OP)
Back when I coded I did this. But I was also only ever working on things myself so there wasn't really a desire for git.

>>105760173 (OP)
i have self respect
i dont want my code to be used to train ai that gets monetized afterwards

>>105760173 (OP)
>giving the kikes at Git your code for free

>>105774327
nice doubling down on your lack of understanding
you can just admit you were clueless instead of pretending you understood all along

>>105772030
it has to be one guy who made a fool of himself in an early post and is now samefagging to manfucature assent

OP, I had the same cope before I learned how to use versoin control too.
It's pretty much always just an excuse for not wanting to, or not be able to learn how to use git.

>>105760173 (OP)
There is no reason to not use git as solo dev. You don't have conflicts. You just commit the code. If you want to check out previous version there is no issue. If you don't use VCS you are just unable to backtrack. It's better to have a possibility for that than not having one. If you can't learn even such basics you are too retarded for programming.