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I would say your comment (which is currently the top comment on this post) thread is not far off from what cwbrandsma is somewhat hyperbolically saying. > It a
by nmjohn 5y ago
I would say your comment (which is currently the top comment on this post) thread is not far off from what cwbrandsma is somewhat hyperbolically saying.
> It always struck me as borderline scummy, since GitHub was of course aware of this, but then again they've knowingly benefited from misconceptions about the Git/GitHub relationship for a long time
To me that very much implies the thought out plan to place github as the defacto git repo that cwbrandsma was describing.
- cxr 5y ago> not far off from what cwbrandsma is somewhat hyperbolically saying Calling that comment "somewhat hyperbolic" is an understatement.
- cmeacham98 5y agoIt's not that there was some evil master plan from the beginning, it's that GitHub benefits from git/GitHub confusion (such as hosting git.io), knows this (at least nowadays), and passively encourages this by doing nothing about it.