Re: Git mirror at gitlab

[Olliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl>]

On March 30, 2024 7:06:51 p.m. GMT+01:00, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
>On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 11:59:51AM +0100, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
>> On 30-03-2024 10:06, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
>> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 09:20:22AM +0100, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
>> > > On 30-03-2024 09:18, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
>> > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 09:14:47AM +0100, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
>> > > > > On 22-03-2024 14:04, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
>> > > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 11:08:34AM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
>> > > > > > > (Sorry for initially sending this privately to Patrick.)
>> > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 10:41 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
>> > > > > > [snip]
>> > > > > > > > I'd personally rather go with the latter, mostly because it matches our
>> > > > > > > > git-scm.com domain. I also like it better than the current git-vcs/git
>> > > > > > > > because of that.
>> > > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > > So Chris, would you mind adding me (@pks-t, my non-GitLab handle) as an
>> > > > > > > > additional owner of that group?
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > I'll empty out my gitscm group, make it private so that it won't be
>> > > > > accidentally used and transfer ownership to pks-t. You can then 'do what is
>> > > > > needed' with the group. Since gitlab doesn't support aliases (yet? :p) best
>> > > > > to park the namespace.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > Olliver
>> > > > 
>> > > > By the way, thanks a ton for being this open and helpful during the
>> > > > whole process. This is greatly appreciated!
>> > > 
>> > > Hey, no problem. I initiated this discussion because I wanted to get to this
>> > > solution. Just because my mirror is not used doesn't mean I don't agree :)
>> > > 
>> > > Btw, I can't transfer the group, it's empty, but if I delete it _right now_,
>> > > you'll have to re-create it, _right_now_ (well within the next 5 minutes?).
>> > 
>> > Shouldn't it be possible to add me as a secondary owner of the group in
>> > [1]? From thereon I could "transfer" the group by removing you from it.
>> 
>> Done and done.
>> 
>> I'll remove myself, or you can kick me :( one I know you have successfully
>> received ownership. I tried to invite the group git-scm but that couldn't be
>> found, probably you can do that (and then remove yourself :p)
>> 
>> Would have been useful to transfer ownership of a group, iirc you do that
>> with repo's as well? Under the hood it could use the invite + remove members
>> thing. Though this works.
>
>Thanks! I've added Christian to this group such that it has a higher bus
>factor. I guess it should probably have the same owners as the "git-scm"
>one just in case we ever want to do anything with it. I've also removed

Could you not just invite the git-scm group and have no members at all?


>you from this group now.
>
>Patrick