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What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab?

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

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3 messages between Feb 15, 2020 and Feb 17, 2020.

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Hi Everyone,

Forgive my ignorance... What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab?

Jeff

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

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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

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

Hi Jeff,

On Sat, 15 Feb 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> Forgive my ignorance... What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab?

I usually refer to them as "hosters" or "commercial Git hosting services".

Ciao, Johannes