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            Regarding #GitLab moving #Gitorious data to their own servers using obscure, repeatedly failing solutions over simply rsync'ing (as they likely want to integrity check all the transferred files anyway ffs!): "<TakinOver> Their procedure just seems terribly ad-hoc. That article should scare the sh*t out of the leaders of any project or organization that is considering G…
            
            
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              I read the article. That's why I think their conclusion on rsync would still have been _far_ better than what they eventually succeeded with.
              
             
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              err, their conclusion on rsync was wrong*
              
             
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              @pettter Why would there be "hours of downtime" using #rsync? They could easily do very quick per-repository downtime when doing the "final sync". No need to do all 9TB at once.
              
             
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              Apparently I didn't read it close enough though, it wasn't #Gitorious data they were moving. I made an ass of myself through assuming!