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Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by bee_rider on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:45PM (#46877023)
Maybe they have local copies as well, and just figured they might as well take GitHub’s free bandwidth and social networking features.
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by dkga on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:01PM (#46877244)
Next year: LeGit !
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by amarant on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:42PM (#46877715)
I propose gitgud.eu
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by irishcoffee on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:33PM (#46878980)
Foul tarnished, I have given thee courtesy enough.
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by chupasaurus on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:59AM (#46881996)
The full phrase is older than Demon Souls.
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by bilekas on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:12PM (#46878069)
Or GitOobe.. although I like the idea of ÜberGit.eu
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by taneliv on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @02:43AM (#46882720)
It's unfortunate that g.it isn't available.
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by inemesitaffia on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @05:05AM (#46883859)
I'm sure governments can ask the registrar to make it happen.
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by fsckboy on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:12PM (#46878077)
"la forge" in french is feminine, it would need to be LaGitette
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by cozzyd on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @08:32PM (#46880192)
Sounds legitimate
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by Narann on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @08:06AM (#46885372)
Fun fact: In french, Github, is pronounced « Guy Teube », where « Teube » is the backslang of « Bite », which can be literally translated by “Dick”.

So to give an example, is as if English speaking peoples would use a service named “Davedick”.

Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by sylvinus on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:56PM (#46877892)
Exactly, we do have private forges we build and deploy from.
Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by ninalanyon on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @08:24AM (#46885547)
Surely everyone who uses GitHub has a local copy, that's pretty much how git works.