The latest articles on DEV Community by Martin Tan (@okoddcat). https://dev.to/okoddcat https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4016942%2Fa68606be-2213-46ff-99a6-4f099728eb4e.jpg https://dev.to/okoddcat en Martin Tan Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:14:01 +0000 https://dev.to/okoddcat/gisia-150-group-labels-better-diffs-and-smoother-reviews-n01 https://dev.to/okoddcat/gisia-150-group-labels-better-diffs-and-smoother-reviews-n01 <p>Gisia 1.5.0 is here 🎉</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F03v54bmxqs69rt9mo7c2.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F03v54bmxqs69rt9mo7c2.png" alt=" " width="800" height="413"></a></p> <p>Another release for Gisia, the self-hosted Git platform. This one focuses on making code<br> review feel better — from labeling work across a whole group to reading diffs and leaving<br> comments. Here's what's new.</p> <p>🏷️ <strong>Group labels</strong></p> <p>Labels are no longer tied to a single project. You can now define labels at the group level<br> and reuse them across every project inside that group. Create a bug, needs-review, or<br> priority::high label once, and it's available everywhere it matters.</p> <p>↕️ <strong>Expandable diff context</strong></p> <p>Reviewing a diff and want to see what's just above or below a hunk? You can now expand the<br> surrounding context directly on the diff page without jumping to the full file.</p> <p>✅ <strong>Review checkboxes on diffs</strong></p> <p>Each file in a diff gets a review checkbox — tick off files as you go and see at a glance how<br> much is left to review.</p> <p>💬 <strong>A refreshed comment form</strong></p> <p>The comment form on discussions got a visual restyle — cleaner and nicer to write in.</p> <p>🐛 <strong>Bug fixes</strong></p> <ul> <li>Fixed group members not showing in merge requests. ⬆️ Upgrading</li> </ul> <p>Update <code>image: gisia/gisia:1.5.0</code> in your <code>docker-compose.yml</code>, then run <code>docker compose up -d</code></p> devops gisia codereview Martin Tan Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:06:18 +0000 https://dev.to/okoddcat/released-gisia-v141-8a1 https://dev.to/okoddcat/released-gisia-v141-8a1 <p>Gisia is a free and opensource tool for small teams, check it out on <a href="https://gisia.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://gisia.dev/</a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F3p0479h8n7r5l3v97lbv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F3p0479h8n7r5l3v97lbv.png" alt=" " width="800" height="415"></a></p> <h2> What's new </h2> <ol> <li>Add frontend translation support with gettext generation</li> <li>Run pipelines on merge requests</li> <li>Fix reset jobs</li> <li>Fix retry jobs</li> <li>Fix translations</li> </ol> <h2> Actions </h2> <ol> <li>Change the gisia version to <code>image: gisia/gisia:1.4.1</code> in your <code>docker-compose.yml</code> </li> <li>Run <code>docker compose up -d</code> to update the web service</li> </ol> git devops gisia hotwire Martin Tan Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:06:50 +0000 https://dev.to/okoddcat/i-built-an-open-source-self-hosted-git-devops-tool-gisia-12l1 https://dev.to/okoddcat/i-built-an-open-source-self-hosted-git-devops-tool-gisia-12l1 <p>Hey folks 👋</p> <p>I've been building an open-source DevOps tool called <strong>Gisia</strong> for a while now, and I figured it was time to actually share it with people instead of quietly tinkering on it.</p> <p>It's a <strong>lightweight, self-hosted Git platform</strong> for personal and small-team use. The short pitch: I wanted somewhere to host my repos, run pipelines, and track issues — without spinning up a heavy setup that eats a whole server for what's basically a few people writing code.</p> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fr498wj5449tx0la5pj0o.png" alt=" " width="800" height="440"></th> <th><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F6vhg3l6foowbcxd947am.png" alt=" " width="800" height="441"></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> </tbody> </table></div> <h2> What it does </h2> <ul> <li>🗂️ Git hosting over SSH and HTTP(S)</li> <li>⚙️ CI/CD pipelines defined in YAML</li> <li>📝 Issues and merge requests with inline diffs</li> <li>👥 Groups, subgroups, and members for organizing access</li> <li>🏃 Namespace runners — share or isolate CI runners per project or group</li> <li>🔗 Webhooks for hooking into other services</li> </ul> <p>The whole thing runs from a <strong>single Docker image</strong>, so getting started is basically <code>docker compose up</code> and you've got a Git platform. Upgrading is just bumping the image tag.</p> <p>Repo's here if you want to check it out: <a href="https://github.com/gisiahq/gisia" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/gisiahq/gisia</a></p> <p>It's still evolving, so genuinely — the rougher the feedback, the better. 🙏</p> <p>Thanks for reading!</p> opensource selfhosted devops git