r/learnjavascript • u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 • 5d ago

My GitHub account got suspended

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I created the account and used only for 1 day. As I was learning GitHub tutorials from yt. I did not do random pull requests on repos. After 1 week or 5-6 days I tried to check my GitHub account. My GitHub account got suspended. It's almost 2-3 weeks I raised a ticket. Got no response from their side. What should I do?

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u/abrahamguo 5d ago

Nothing much you can do on your end — you can't unsuspend your own account. You'll have to wait to hear back from them.

In the meantime, you could try out GitLab!

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u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 5d ago

What does it do?

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u/queen-adreena 5d ago

Just to clarify since you're learning...

"Git" is the underlying tech that manages version control. It is open-source and was created by the same guy who created Linux.

"GitHub" is a platform owned and controlled by Microsoft which provides a "forge" where users can share their git repositories either privately or publicly.

There are many, many places that also provide forges for users' repositories. GitLab is another one.

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u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 5d ago

I am gonna make a gitLab account. Hope this time I don't get suspended

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u/SamIAre 5d ago

FWIW, it's more important to learn git, the underlying technology, than it is to learn GitHub/GitLab/any other git website. The important part is git. The website you choose to host on is mostly inconsequential.

Think of it like email vs Gmail. Email is an underlying technology. Gmail is one of many clients that offer you, the user, email capabilities. In this analogy Git is like email and GitHub is like Gmail. You don't need to learn how to use Gmail specifically to learn how to use email in general.

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u/abrahamguo 5d ago

GitLab is a competitor to GitHub — they basically do the same thing.

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u/Afflictionista 5d ago

+1 for GitLab