All our hosted #Git repository VMs are now running #GameOfTrees 0.131 which was released today:

https://gameoftrees.org/releases/changes.html#2026-11-13

The most relevant changes are:

"allow the global default hash algorithm to be changed to sha1 in gotsys.conf"

"prevent branches in protected branch namespaces from being rewound"

I do work today.

Just, not at 8am!

My shift isn't until 16:00.

Hahahahahahaha, ah well. I guess I could have stayed up later? Or slept in more? I already spent > 70+ minutes on the commute into the "office" how shall I burn the next 8ish hours until my shift actually begins?

Well, for starters, I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' Got (Game of Trees) to 0.130.1 -portable here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/36049

One of the GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK. The other one? Is queued.

Hopefully it will go smoothly?

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

#Got #GameOfTrees #MacPorts #OpenSource #VersionControl #Git

The main #Git repositories of the #GameOfTrees project have been migrated to SHA256 object identifiers: https://marc.gameoftrees.org/mail/1792937701.37192_0.html

Financial summary of our #Git hosting service based on #OpenBSD and #GameOfTrees in Q3/2026:

Our financial situation is profitable. Our expenses with 3 production servers (web, mail, repositories) are now fully covered by our subscriber base. Our one and only repository server is almost booked out.

There is not enough money left over to pay anyone for their time working on the project so we remain in full volunteer mode. We will keep a buffer to prepare for renting additional servers once this becomes necessary.

Expenses:

Total hosting costs in Q3 2026: 781€

Payment processor fees: 52.66€

EU VAT: 147.11€

Amount total: 980.77€

Funds received from subscribers in Q3 2026:

EU amount total: 701.00€

non-EU amount: 454.00€

Amount total: 1155.00€

Funds received on #OpenCollective in Q3 2026:

EU amount total: 538.65€

non-EU amount: 171.50€

Amount total: 710.15€

#got #gameoftrees #vcs

Hello everyone,

I've released the -portable version of got-0.130, in-line with upstream got.

See their changelog for what's included:

https://gameoftrees.org/releases/changes.html#2026-10-14

For portable-specific information, see:

https://gameoftrees.org/portable.html

Any questions, shout!

Our transparently funded #GIt hosting service now defaults to SHA256 repositories.

All our hosted VMs have been updated to #GameOfTrees 0.130. Changelog: https://gameoftrees.org/releases/changes.html#2026-10-14

Details about our support for SHA256 repositories can be found in our latest community update at #OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/gothub/updates/the-game-of-trees-hub-now-defaults-to-sha256-git-repositories

#Git compatible version control system #GameOfTrees version 0.130 has been released.

This version adds server-side support for SHA256 repositories and defaults to SHA256 for newly created repositories.

We will be upgrading our @gothub hosting service to this version soon.

https://gameoftrees.org/releases/changes.html

The Gotweb authenticator app written by Johannes Thyssen Tishman which makes it easy to browse #Git repositories hosted on #GameOfTrees servers which require authentication is now available in #FDroid:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.gameoftrees.gotweb_authenticator/

Patiently waiting for the #GameOfTrees gotweb authenticator app by jtt to appear on #Fdroid.

Alt...

Fdroid app screenshot in dark theme. The search bar at the top contains the search term "gotweb" and fdroid reports "No matching applications available".

Alt...

Screenshot of an early prototype of the Gotweb Authenticator app (then still called Gothub Authenticator) showing 3 public gotwebd instances in a list to pick from. Tapping on an entry performs SSH authentication and then opens a browser window to display the website generated by gotwebd.

We have just installed yesterday's flood of #OpenBSD syspatches on our VM host server and all VMs. While at it, all VMs have been upgraded to #GameOfTrees 0.129.

Happy hacking!

I really like Simon Harrison's series of blog posts about using #GameOfTrees for simple version control tasks: https://simonh.uk/tags/got/index.html

My own use cases are more complicated than Simon's but it is making me happy to see confirmation of how the UI designed for working on #OpenBSD and related projects is working very well for people with fairly simple needs. That was one of my goals from the very beginning and is a significant differentiator from #Git.