The untold story of Github
Github is a web based Git repository hosting service which primarily offers distributed version control and source code management functionality of git.
Here are some interesting facts about github:
1)Github was originally known as Logical Awesome LLC
2)As of April 2016,Github reports having more than 14 million users and more than 35 million repositories making it the largest host of source code in the world.
3)The trademark mascot of Github is called Octocat, a personified cat with octopus limbs portrayed in manga style.
4)Approximately two-thirds of the employees at GitHub work remotely.
5)In July 2015, Github raised $250M of venture capital in series B round.
Brief history of git
As with many great things in life, Git began with a bit of creative destruction and fiery controversy.
The Linux kernel is an open source software project of fairly large scope. For most of the lifetime of the Linux kernel maintenance (1991–2002), changes to the software were passed around as patches and archived files. In 2002, the Linux kernel project began using a proprietary version control software called BitKeeper.
In 2005, the relationship between the community that developed the Linux kernel and the commercial company that developed…
