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git.nrw Coffee vs. User Meetings – Key Differences

The git.nrw project team has organised various events to give users the opportunity to learn about the project and/or get involved. So, which event is best suited to which purpose? git.nrw Coffee A …

git.nrw Coffee - Save the date

The project plans to host a git.nrw coffee event at regular intervals to give interested parties and users the opportunity to get in touch with the project in a relaxed and entertaining way. The next …

Guestmanagement available

We are launching the git.nrw guest-management: https://guest.git.nrw . Each user can invite up to 5 external guests. You can find more information in our documentation . Having questions? Feel free to …

Incident: gitlab.git.nrw outage

On January 16, 2026, gitlab.git.nrw was unavailable from approximately 13:30 to 15:00 CEST. The problem was resolved.

git.nrw at Love Data Week – Collaborate, Version, and Publish Workshop on 11 February at 3:30 p.m.

The git.nrw team will present a new workshop as part of the Love Data Week 2026. The workshop “git.nrw – Collaborate, Version, and Publish” will take place on February 11, 2026. git.nrw – …

Git und GitLab course December 4th + 5th2025

The hpc.nrw project offers a beginner-friendly workshop for those interested in git and GitLab! The workshop is based on the fundamentals of “The Carpentries” and will take place on December 4 and 5 …

Incorrect Usernames

The problem was solved.

Friendly Users Snapshot

Quick update this morning: As of today (Aug 22, 2025): 767 projects 892 total users 293 groups (incl. subgroups) Context Since the snapshot on May 20, 2025, the metrics have roughly doubled.

Friendly Users Snapshot

Quick morning snapshot before today’s expected surge: Friendly Users progress so far 320 projects 419 total users 192 groups (incl. subgroups) Context The Friendly Users phase shows strong early …

Incident: gitlab.git.nrw outage

During the night of May 9, 2025, gitlab.git.nrw was unavailable from approximately 01:30 to 07:15 CEST. As a follow‑up effect of the Wednesday incident (May 7, 2025), database replication had silently …

Incident: gitlab.git.nrw outage

On May 7, 2025, gitlab.git.nrw was unavailable from approximately 14:30 to 18:00 CEST. Multiple disk failures in the VSAN cluster in Münster caused several VMs to switch to read‑only filesystems. Two …