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Thats actually interesting. Was there any concern at any point in the early days about supporting other VCS or being too focused on git?


There was concern actually. We debated a bit the concept of naming the company "GitHub", since "git" is baked into the company name. We worried a little about what happens when the next big VCS thing comes along, not knowing that it's going to be dominant for at least the next 20 years.




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