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ilmiont ◴[07 Oct 20 07:43 UTC] No.24706135[source]▶

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I was really excited about this when I got the email a few weeks ago with a beta invite but after two minutes I realised I’d be unable to use it, and still can’t now it’s launched...

Why oh why is GitHub now considered the single place where code lives? Even as alternative providers gain in popularity.

It’s really sad to see DigitalOcean requiring this for some reason.

Please either allow use of arbitrary Git repositories (e.g. self-hosted GitLab in my use case) or provide a stand-alone CLI tool to enable deployment of anything, like Firebase does.

Disappointing so far.

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1. 2color ◴[07 Oct 20 10:12 UTC] No.24706782[source]▶

You can use the [doctl](https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/app-platform/references/co...) CLI along with an app specification yaml to deploy from your self-hosted GitLab.

The App Specification supports a normal Git repository. However, I can see how this might be a problem if your repository is private as there are no configuration options for auth.