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I think Github have already won the cultural dev war. I hear many a developer saying Github instead of "Git". A recent example from a mid level dev: "I'm gonn
by mothsonasloth 4y ago
I think Github have already won the cultural dev war. I hear many a developer saying Github instead of "Git".
A recent example from a mid level dev:
"I'm gonna branch from the github repository" - when the repository is self hosted
- FearlessNebula 4y agoWas it a self hosted github instance?
- mothsonasloth 4y agoNo, https://git-scm.com/downloads https://git-scm.com/downloads Github != Git
- lionkor 4y agoYou cant self host github.
- Zealotux 4y agoMy current company uses GitLab; anyone mistakenly referring to it as "Github" would get swiftly corrected, even as a simple proxy word for "Git".
- lesuorac 4y agoI'm surprised GitHub isn't trying to avoid their trademarked becoming generic [1]. If that keeps up you can just call your alternative repo storage system GitHub 2.0 or GitHub Enterprise or something. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark
- OJFord 4y agoI've never heard/seen it that way around before, but calling GitHub (or similar) features/sites 'git' all the time... Docker too. ('a docker')
- lionkor 4y agoIm pretty sure thats a junior dev thing, no?
- tester756 4y agoI do that just to mess with people
- rootusrootus 4y agoHow does it mess with people? Perhaps they just quietly assume you're not too bright?
- govolckurself 4y ago[dead]
- throwghaway 4y agoI very loudly assume.
- govolckurself 4y ago[dead]
- throwghaway 4y agoThat developer is mid level in title, but not in skill.
- jiveturkey 4y agoIndeed. Not different than many folks saying "internet" instead of "www".