DevContainers are great! SSH, also great! Together they’re magic… until they’re not.

How to use git inside a container with ssh authentication and ssh commit signing.

The previous post was a fun and non-rigorous look at automating deployment of a Godot project to Itch.io from GitHub and GitLab. But I have a homelab Everyone does… stop bragging about it. Sometimes you want to deploy to Itch.io from the homelab. Yes you can setup GitLab in a container, and it’s great! I looked at Gitea as a light weight alternative, and I have to admit it has started to win me over.

I’d like to acknowledging a preference for GitLab over GitHub. Obviously GitHub is the popular choice, but I have a soft spot for the underdog… especially the open source optionally self-hosted underdog. My evidence is anecdotal, but Github Actions is a gentle learning curve compared to GitLab’s CI. It could be because I learned GitLab first and had new concepts to wrap the ol brain round. The option to use other people’s reusable elements in GitHub is sweet.