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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 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months 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?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

This website explains the process: https://git-send-email.io/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months 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.