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I suppose this is useful for people into such tabloid-style things, but the name bothers me. We seem to be heading on to a path where "Git" becomes synonymous w

I suppose this is useful for people into such tabloid-style things, but the name bothers me. We seem to be heading on to a path where "Git" becomes synonymous with "GitHub". This is worrying because, among other reasons, it sort of subverts the "D" part of DVCS.

petercooper 12y ago
We seem to be heading on to a path where "Git" becomes synonymous with "GitHub". Sorry if this is kinda gauche, but I think that ship has already sailed for the majority.
- volent 12y ago
  I'd love to have other feedback about that, I really don't feel it's true, at least in my working environment. Does anybody else saw Git replacing GitHub in day to day conversation ?
  - joshuacc 12y ago
    No, but I regularly see GitHub replacing Git in "technical" forums.
noarchy 12y ago
I'm not too worried about this. People who actually use git on a day-to-day basis shouldn't have any such misunderstanding. They may not even use GitHub for such work (I know I don't).
thomasfromcdnjs 12y ago
I understand the sentiment completely, I was going to throw Github in the name but then thought I might get a barrage of takedown notices. The domain squatters left me in a tight spot when brain storming and then I found Git Gossip and couldn't refuse the alliteration.
pbh101 12y ago
At first I thought this was to track development of git itself. Something I would be interested in, not that there aren't avenues to do so. Related anecdote: about 3 years ago, I was interviewing a student for an internship. In passing he mentioned he had used different VCSs for different projects. I asked what the major differences were between the VCSs. His answer: "Git is public, so you can only use it with open-source code, whereas you can use Subversion with any code."