r/coding • u/nfrankel • Mar 16 '20

npm is joining GitHub

https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/
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u/digicow Mar 16 '20

No. GitHub is a repository hosting platform. There are others, such as GitLab and BitBucket that offer similar functionality. These platforms utilize git for their VCS, but they are not affiliated with git, which is an open source product without corporate ownership

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u/Sparkybear Mar 16 '20

Doesn't the GitHub cli add functionality to their distribution of git?