[KronisLV]

> So either there's also copying between GitHub and Gitlab

Isn't it likely that there's just a certain kind of interface and functionality that both works and people have also gotten used to it over time?

It might make a lot of sense to copy it to at least some degree, instead of reinventing the wheel: if you look at MS Office and something like LibreOffice, you'll notice that both of the spreadsheet apps are rather similar (and you can even enable a ribbon interface in LibreOffice, if you want).

I think the same more or less applies to every piece of software, from how phone OSes look, to how desktop environments look and work, as well as why the majority of websites out there look a bit samey.

[tpxl]

> Isn't it likely that there's just a certain kind of interface and functionality that both works and people have also gotten used to it over time?

This is what I meant by 'design of git lends itself to a very specific interface'.

Git has branches, commits, merging, rebasing, ... It makes sense for a UI interface over git to show data git itself shows.

I also find little wrong with copying UI elements, where it works. The result is better software all around.