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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by betteringred on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:55AM (#9966277)
Time for GitHub follow their own rules and change their name to something that's not offensive.
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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by mirimir on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:08AM (#9966337)
> Git is a mild pejorative with origins in British English for a silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying, senile, elderly or childish person. It is usually an insult, more severe than twit or idiot but less severe than wanker, arsehole or twat.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28slang%29

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by return0 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @03:56AM (#9966940)
So by naming itself as a "hub of gits", github has preemptively insulted all of us. Outrage!
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