
When the acquisition completes, GitHub will remain independent and it is important it stays the trusted, open environment it is today. I’m excited about the opportunity to work even more closely with GitHub. It’s been a great partnership, one where we both contribute to the overall Git community and ensure our mutual customers have a great experience when using our combined products.

Specifically, the VSTS team has worked closely with GitHub on Git at a technical level and on other open source projects such as libgit2, GVFS, and Git LFS. GitHub and Microsoft have been partnering on several levels for years.

Today, Satya announced the exciting news – our intent to acquire GitHub!
