Probably a good time to mention fossil, an excellent SCM from the makers of SQLite with a number of github-like features built-in:
Single ~6mb executable, blazing fast. I've been a happy user for years.
Single ~6mb executable, blazing fast. I've been a happy user for years.
It might be great for single person projects, which I guess is fine for hobby stuff, but unless you luck out like Richard Hipp and manage to become a well-paid hermit working in a effectively-one-person cathedral model, then it's not really going to work for most projects.
Personal, small and medium sized projects are 99% of all projects.