> Github is just a pretty interface with bells and whistles. I think more people should go self hosted. It's cheaper, and none of the features are truly needed.
Maybe none of the Github features are useful to you in how you use it, but I find Github the most productive way to work with a distributed dev team that I've ever found by a large margin. It's an amazing system for productivity of large dev teams and a dream to work with if it fits your use case.
The biggest feature for me is the whole Pull Request flow with integration between filing the original issue, the code changes to fix it with inline code reviews and tracking everything through to a release all with a few clicks. And all of it is in a format you can link to in an email or drop into a chat, even referencing the specific lines of the diff you care about. It's really an amazing system that most of us take for granted.
Different people have different needs. And for a lot of people, git itself is just the (excellent) engine but really they want a whole car.
Maybe none of the Github features are useful to you in how you use it, but I find Github the most productive way to work with a distributed dev team that I've ever found by a large margin. It's an amazing system for productivity of large dev teams and a dream to work with if it fits your use case.
The biggest feature for me is the whole Pull Request flow with integration between filing the original issue, the code changes to fix it with inline code reviews and tracking everything through to a release all with a few clicks. And all of it is in a format you can link to in an email or drop into a chat, even referencing the specific lines of the diff you care about. It's really an amazing system that most of us take for granted.
Different people have different needs. And for a lot of people, git itself is just the (excellent) engine but really they want a whole car.