Self-Hosted Git CLI Lacks GitHub gh-CLI Feature Parity
Developers migrating from GitHub to Forgejo or Gitea find the CLI tools require a host flag on every command, lack global instance defaults, and cannot list repos by user without additional configuration. This creates unnecessary friction compared to the developer experience of the gh CLI, slowing self-hosted git adoption.
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