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Sourcegraph is also working on a similar service.

Also: unless you've okayed the name with the Git folks, you're going to need to change the name. Git is trademarked, and they are no longer allowing just anyone to use the mark without first seeking permission. (GitHub, GitLab, and others have been grandfathered in.)

See https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw...

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Thanks for the Git brand remind. I will check that. Good to see more and more tools are doing this. Instead of browsing code as plain text in repository, it definitely helps to browse code with language aware.

One thing GitPlex differing from other similar tools is that you can switch to any revision in repository, and you can still be able to do symbol aware code browsing. While many other tools only parses the head revision (and for other revisions, you need to wait, wait...)

Sourcegraph CEO here. Thanks for the plug. Sourcegraph self-hosted code search is free for any number of users and repositories on a single node and installs super quickly. https://about.sourcegraph.com

The usage of "Plex" also confused me as to what this was.

Not a native English speaker. In my dictionary "plex" has the meaning of "many things". Also I heard of googleplex. And the software manages many git repositories, so I use the name "GitPlex".

There’s a good chance the commenter you replied to meant confusion with Plex the streaming media server, too.

Yep.

Are you by chance the same viper007bond from wp-hackers I knew 10+ years ago?

Yep, there's only one of me. :)

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