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The title is somewhat misleading and makes it seem like this is a GitHub company initiative rather than a project just hosted on GitHub.

I've not seen this title format on HN before. Could it be changed?

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I think the "nushell/nushell" part makes it clear which repo it is talking about.

I didn't find it clear, I also thought it was a GitHub project.

I found it clear it wasn't a GitHub project.

It wasn't clear to me that any of the interpretations was, well… clear, and had to check the comments (I could have checked the repo too).

The point of a title is to be obvious to everyone (to the extent possible) -- the fact that we found it obvious doesn't remove their confusion.

Really seemed like a GH project to me.

no.. I didn't find it clear..

Yeah i thought it was like "Github - Atom Editor"....

That's on GitHub in fairness. Left is logged in.

https://cdn.imgy.org/DOyx.png

I'm in that camp. I read the URL without issues

I think just "nushell/nushell: A new type of shell" would be a clearer title.

The title is the actual value of the title html tag on the page

Heh, that's interesting: When you're logged in, the title tag changes to drop the "GitHub -" prefix.

SEO strikes again!

Considering people often search 'github project name' it probably makes sense.

It could go at the end just as easily like every other site though

I can see the confusion but it didn't confuse me. If it's a GitHub product it would only be a blog post I would expect not actual code ironically.

Same, I thought it was a GitHub project. There are often links to GitHub pages on HN and I don't think they generally have the "GitHub" prefix. It's not relevant anyway where the code is hosted.

I think it is very likely "disagreement" in this thread is simply based on people seeing different titles at different times. There are some possible causes:

1. The submitter may provide an initial title

2. HN moderators may adjust the title

3. GitHub may show different titles based on the user's login status (I'm not sure myself, I'm writing this based on what I read in another part of this thread)

Therefore, I make this request of HN commenters: Since titles on HN can change, please quote the exact title that confuses you.

More broadly, it may be useful to always quote the text you are responding to.

Right. It doesn't seem important where the project is hosted.

I got excited thinking it was an official Github project.

same here. I thought it is GitHub project

Not only is the place the project is hosted totally irrelevant to discussion, it seems like it would make more sense for this post to link the project website (www.nushell.sh/) instead of the GitHub repo.

dang will most certainly change this title when he spots it. I have been tracking HN title changes and they follow a very predictable format. Here are some recent results,

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