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drewcoo • 04/02/2025 • 1 reply • view on HN

Git is a DVCS. The D stands for distributed, meaning (in old people language) masterless. Git doesn't have a "global."

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mdavidn • 04/05/2025

While that's true in theory, in practice GitHub or GitLab is the "global" replica for most developers.