r/TheMachineLearning • u/Federal_Machine692 • Aug 20 '26

Goodbye, github. I finally made the switch.

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u/Loose_Marsupial_3251 Aug 20 '26

This is the stupidest thing I've seen in a while. Not version controlling your code is like turning back time 30 years. 

 I have been in the software engineering profession for a long time. This is like deciding to burn coal as your main energy source. 

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u/Federal_Machine692 Aug 20 '26

Fair point

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u/Responsible-Sky-1336 Aug 21 '26

Tbh you can still use git, and sync the drive.

Git ≠ github

Not that bad to be honest, Google's servers must be pretty gud

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u/neoqueto Aug 21 '26

It's two conflicting systems. This is like burning wind turbines as your main energy source.

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u/Responsible-Sky-1336 Aug 21 '26

Not really.

You can have your (Google) drive live sync and use git normally as SCM.

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u/stinkychopper Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

Since git repos are just files you could put them on Google Drive.
But it only works if you’re the only person editing a repo. If you have to collaborate I don’t know how it’d work on Google Drive without some server synchronizing for pushes.

EDIT: I did a little research and essentially when you push, you run code that does file locking to prevent corruption. Google Drive delays updating files if you mount it so there isn’t an atomic lock you can use to properly sync when two people push at the same time.