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I'd really like to hear their thoughts around the capitalization of GitHub. Everyone who uses git interacts it with it in downcase. To see it upcased like that
by lasome 13y ago
I'd really like to hear their thoughts around the capitalization of GitHub. Everyone who uses git interacts it with it in downcase. To see it upcased like that is unfamiliar.
- biot 13y agoI much prefer lowercase as well. I wonder if a not-insignificant proportion of their target market was pronouncing it as "jih thub".
- brodney 13y agoI think the difference is the command vs the product. Even the git homepage refers to it in uppercase almost everywhere [0]. A similar example would be capitalizing Java everywhere, but using java for commands. [0] http://git-scm.com/ http://git-scm.com/
- bonzoesc 13y ago"Git" is the system of software, protocols, metaphors, and storage. "git" is the executable. It's similar to "Perl" and "perl": http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq1.html#Whats-the-difference-between-%22perl%22-and-%22Perl%22%3f http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq1.html#Whats-the-difference-b...
- zalew 13y agomaybe because the small g is similar to google's.
- Oompa 13y agoGitHub has always been capital G capital H. The logo just did not communicate it