My Gopher Host That Clones Your Repo

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I started a service which aims to make starting a gopherhole easier.

I host the gopherhole for you--just provide a git URI and my service will clone
it and turn it into a subdirectory of gopher://gopher.someodd.zip/1/hosted[1]/.
This service has support/expects the bore[2] format (my phlog/gopherhole builder
[think Jekyll, but for gopherspace]).

Currently only tested with GitHub repos.

To sign up you can contact me[3]. Please look at the hosted selector[4] for more
info.

# Background

I wanted to exemplify the ease by which you can create "addons" for Venusia[5],
my Gopher Protocol server daemon.

These "addons" are just gateways to scripts. I mapped a Gopher selector to a
script `repobore.sh`.

This script is rather, admittedly, half-baked, and thus I expect iteration when
user(s) demand it. Currently as of writing only one person uses this service and
I haven't heard complaints yet.

## Footnotes

[1]: gopher://gopher.someodd.zip/1/hosted: gopher://gopher.someodd.zip/1/hosted
[2]: bore: https://github.com/someodd/bore
[3]: contact me: /1/about
[4]: the hosted selector: /1/hosted
[5]: Venusia: https://github.com/someodd/venusia

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