The big added benefit is that its federated using the AT protocol. So while you join a local instance (or, knot), or even set one up yourself, you still get all the benefits that GitHub currently provides around making coding social and discoverable, unlike other alternatives like forgejo. So it’s not doing anything to git itself, but rather the layer on top, the forge
johnydoe666
joined 2 years ago
I’m not sure exactly. It could be related to how the AT protocol also takes account information into federation, but I’m just speculating here