Having a private git server for your own projects is a great solution. I am well aware of Github, Gitea, Gogs and what have you, but there is something zen-like about running your own git server. Prequisites for the below would be knowing the basics about a commandline and SSH.
This is my goto set up for a pivate git server:
- Create a private git repo on raspberry pi (even PiZero).
- Access via SSH.
- Backup via rsync.net (Borg or Restic).
- Visual access via Working Copy (iPad) or cGit (browser).
Cost of running the server is minimal.
- The RaspberryPi, costs around 15 USD.
- Backup via Rsync.net costs 18 USD a year for 100GB. All my data is encrypted.
- Working Copy is a powerful Git client for iOS that clones, edits, commits, pushes & more.
Running Git itself is a breeze. There are plenty of online tutorials of how to set it up. On a daily basis, I only ever need to use 3 commands git add, git commit and git push.
The above works for me, and is definitely not for everyone.
What do you think?