m5l.eu is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is forgejo, a self-hostable code forge.
Although I use a headless remote git server for some things, I've been happily experimenting with a public, self-hosted instance of forgejo this year.
I look forward to federation functionality in due course!
git worktree for the rescue:I was working on updating a #cpp project to a newer #Qt version, but wanted to keep comparing to a #git tag from some time ago. The problem is that checking out a different commit changes all the files as far as #CMake is concerned, and everything builds from scratch. If only there was a way to have another copy of the same repo without cloning...