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I had never heard of Octopus merges, and wondered if they're the reason why the GitHub mascot is Octocat. Turns out they are! http://cameronmcefee.com/work/the
by fredley 8y ago
I had never heard of Octopus merges, and wondered if they're the reason why the GitHub mascot is Octocat. Turns out they are!
http://cameronmcefee.com/work/the-octocat/ http://cameronmcefee.com/work/the-octocat/
- swsieber 8y agoI actually found this while researching octopus merge (mostly looking for background info - I'm working on a tool that traverses and replicates modified git repositories), and I realized that it was actually pretty interesting.
- blattimwind 8y agoYet Github never creates octopus merges.
- hinkley 8y agoThey have one octopus and don’t want any more?
- cup-of-tea 8y agoYeah it's quite funny given the popularity of github how few people know about octopus merges. I only know about them because I built my own git graph GUI. I was about to hard code in two parents and then wondered if there could be more.
- captn3m0 8y agoThe mascot was from a stock illustration GitHub used on their 404 page iirc. It grew too popular and GitHub licensed it soon for exclusive use.