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848 points thefilmore | 1 comments | 13 May 25 05:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bandrami ◴[13 May 25 06:03 UTC] No.43969975[source]▶
Pretty cool that Linus Torvalds invented a completely distributed version control system and 20 years later we all use it to store our code in a single place.
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moralestapia ◴[13 May 25 06:07 UTC] No.43969999[source]▶
Care to explain?
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joha4270 ◴[13 May 25 06:09 UTC] No.43970011[source]▶
If GitHub went down, how much would it impact the open source world?

Sure, there would be local copies everywhere, but for a distribution version control system, it's pretty centralized at GitHub

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1. moralestapia ◴[13 May 25 13:32 UTC] No.43972777[source]▶
>for a distribution version control system, it's pretty centralized at GitHub

This is what I don't get ... what is the alternative to GitHub?