Notify Police - Murder!

May 16, 2016 2:48 AM

npm-expansions is a git repository, currently holding 250+ pending pulls requests of what NPM (Node Package Manager) might stand for*: Notify Police - Murder!, Neurosis Prevention Mechanism, Narcissistically Plush Moostache and to quote a specific commit - "the very first Portuguese extension" - Não posso mais ("I can't take it anymore").

*NPM Expansions are randomly shown on the top bar of npmjs.com.

posted by lipsum (14 comments total)

Não posso mais ("I can't take it anymore")

For times like when developers take their ball and go home and fetching from npm breaks everything.
posted by L.P. Hatecraft at 3:16 AM on May 16, 2016 [4 favorites]

Not post material.
posted by Obscure Reference at 5:29 AM on May 16, 2016 [9 favorites]

Needs Perl Magic
posted by scruss at 5:52 AM on May 16, 2016 [2 favorites]

NPM's Pretty Meh
posted by rebennett at 6:07 AM on May 16, 2016 [9 favorites]

N is Postjacent to M
posted by rh at 6:32 AM on May 16, 2016 [4 favorites]

this is hilarious. I'm glad that at least some people on github don't take themselves quite so seriously (this shiney thingamabob will change your life!)
posted by bluesky43 at 6:39 AM on May 16, 2016

....what is a "git"?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:06 AM on May 16, 2016

....what is a "git"?

	GIT - the stupid content tracker

"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.

 - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
   actually used by any common UNIX command.  The fact that it is a
   mispronounciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
 - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
   dictionary of slang.
 - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
   works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. 
 - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks

git is a piece of software used for tracking changes to collections of text files; mostly source code. It has become very popular with programmers over the last decade or so, and GitHub, which hosts git repositories (a collection of stuff kept in git is a repository), has become more or less the de facto place to publish source code.
posted by brennen at 7:27 AM on May 16, 2016 [2 favorites]

"Git yew thare the freshest code!"
posted by oceanjesse at 7:29 AM on May 16, 2016 [2 favorites]

NPM's Pretty Meh

Well, it's no Cold Fusion.
posted by gwint at 7:44 AM on May 16, 2016

NPM's Pretty Meh

Flagged for stealing GNU's joke.
posted by dersins at 8:08 AM on May 16, 2016

Not post material.

Not Py Mroblem.

'Mroblem' is fun to say.
posted by eclectist at 8:49 AM on May 16, 2016 [4 favorites]

i just like saying mroblem.
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 9:17 AM on May 16, 2016

Maybe it doesn't stand for anything and NPM's priorities are mercenary.
posted by ckape at 9:31 AM on May 16, 2016