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Re: What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab?

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AJArtur Juraszek <artur@juraszek.xyz>
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Feb 15, 2020, 23:23 UTC
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> Forgive my ignorance... What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab?
>
> Jeff
I believe "forges" is a word quite commonly used around when referring to them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software)

-- Artur Juraszek

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