I agree it’s not the prettiest, but I had no trouble clicking on “tree” to get t...

Joker_vD · 2024-10-18T18:55:11.000000Z

One has still to know that "tree" stands for "source code".

kelnos · 2024-10-19T03:51:34.000000Z

That seems like... a normal thing to know?

Pre-GitHub, one of the most popular web git viewers (cgit) used "tree" in this way. Never found that to be confusing.

(In git, the listing of the files and directories at a particular commit is called a "tree". So it's correct. Just not as intuitive as you, personally, would like.)

mort96 · 2024-10-19T09:51:32.000000Z

Well it doesn't stand for "source code". It's the tree of directories and files.

internetter · 2024-10-19T00:11:41.000000Z

This is not a sourcehut problem, it is a github problem. "Tree" is semantically correct.

ajkjk · 2024-10-19T02:52:33.000000Z

What? Of course it's a Sourcehut problem. They chose to use that word and could choose to use a better one.

Klonoar · 2024-10-19T14:26:58.000000Z

Tree has been used for this kind of thing for decades now.

ajkjk · 2024-10-19T18:15:52.000000Z

So what? There are still better words for it.