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IMO GitHub posting these is fine since they're headlined "Highlights from Git 2.3x", but the last discussion incorrectly just said "Git 2.33", which is likely w

by judge2020 5y ago

IMO GitHub posting these is fine since they're headlined "Highlights from Git 2.3x", but the last discussion incorrectly just said "Git 2.33", which is likely where the confusion came from. Hopefully this post will keep the distinction front-and-center.

teddyh 5y ago
If your name is GitHub and you announce a new release of Git, which your product GitHub uses extentively, and you do not explicitly and clearly mention that you do not have any role in making Git itself, then you are lying by omission; deliberately misinforming people who will naturally assume, given no information to the contrary, that GitHub are the makers of Git. I think that most people are already under the misapprehension that Git and GitHub are the same thing. This style of deliberate confusion from GitHub must be seen to be by design. They are Microsoft; they do not get the benefit of the doubt.
- avarun 5y ago
  > The open source Git project just released Git 2.34 with features and bug fixes from over 109 contributors, 29 of them new. It's pretty clear they're talking about a separate project.
- bennyp101 5y ago
  Do you really think that most people that use git and GitHub are under the misapprehension that Git and GitHub are the same thing? Really? This seems just very much an anti Microsoft view, especially with that final sentence.
  - morelisp 5y ago
    > Do you really think that most people that use git and GitHub are under the misapprehension that Git and GitHub are the same thing? Yeah actually, a lot are. There are also a lot of GitHub users who don't know what git is at all. I don't think this blog post is going to further misinform them though, they also don't read technical blog posts.
- brasic 5y ago
  > that you do not have any role in making Git itself GitHub employs at least three full time git contributors, including the author of this blog post. (Disclaimer: I am a GitHub employee who works on git-adjacent things)
- slownews45 5y ago
  "you do not explicitly and clearly mention that you do not have any role in making Git itself, then you are lying by omission;" Um - I thought Microsoft does have a big role - doesn't Johannes do the Git for Windows stuff and work at Microsoft, and Jeff work for github etc etc.

teddyh 5y ago

If your name is GitHub and you announce a new release of Git, which your product GitHub uses extentively, and you do not explicitly and clearly mention that you do not have any role in making Git itself, then you are lying by omission; deliberately misinforming people who will naturally assume, given no information to the contrary, that GitHub are the makers of Git. I think that most people are already under the misapprehension that Git and GitHub are the same thing. This style of deliberate confusion from GitHub must be seen to be by design. They are Microsoft; they do not get the benefit of the doubt.

avarun 5y ago
> The open source Git project just released Git 2.34 with features and bug fixes from over 109 contributors, 29 of them new. It's pretty clear they're talking about a separate project.
bennyp101 5y ago
Do you really think that most people that use git and GitHub are under the misapprehension that Git and GitHub are the same thing? Really? This seems just very much an anti Microsoft view, especially with that final sentence.
- morelisp 5y ago
  > Do you really think that most people that use git and GitHub are under the misapprehension that Git and GitHub are the same thing? Yeah actually, a lot are. There are also a lot of GitHub users who don't know what git is at all. I don't think this blog post is going to further misinform them though, they also don't read technical blog posts.
brasic 5y ago
> that you do not have any role in making Git itself GitHub employs at least three full time git contributors, including the author of this blog post. (Disclaimer: I am a GitHub employee who works on git-adjacent things)
slownews45 5y ago
"you do not explicitly and clearly mention that you do not have any role in making Git itself, then you are lying by omission;" Um - I thought Microsoft does have a big role - doesn't Johannes do the Git for Windows stuff and work at Microsoft, and Jeff work for github etc etc.