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And yet loads of us use "git" without an issue.

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stronglikedan 12y ago
Just guessing, but I would say that's because "git" is only derogatory in British English, and wasn't popular (if even existent) in American English until it's use as the name of a DVCS.
- orionblastar 12y ago
  I always thought that git was a form of got or get. Get me the source code. I got the source code. Git is almost like a slang word that means get or got. Yeah in British English it means a stupid person, you useless git! Almost like Nimrod means stupid dimwitted person.
  - codereflection 12y ago
    That makes sense. However if you look at Linus' description of git, a "stupid content tracker", then the British English derogatory term makes sense.
  - JadeNB 12y ago
    > Git is almost like a slang word that means get or got. Perhaps more dialect than slang? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_Along,_Little_Dogies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_Along,_Little_Dogies
- dllthomas 12y ago
  "wasn't popular (if even existent) in American English until it's use as the name of a DVCS." ... and the quoting of Monty Python
- codereflection 12y ago
  I agree. While I'm training people on git at work (in Seattle), they often look up the term and point out the definition to me. I then direct them to Linus' intention, for it to be "a stupid content tracker".
- Rayearth 12y ago
  I like to think, humorously, that the name of the DVCS came about from the BitKeeper mess that ultimately led to the creation of git: * Andrew Tridgell is a git for reverse-engineering BitKeeper * Larry McVoy is a git for throwing a tantrum and withdrawing free BitKeeper * Linus is a git for blaming Trigdell as the cause of Larry's reaction Personally I think they're all gits.
technomancy 12y ago
Linus could have named it basically anything. He didn't have much of an uphill battle to get people to pay attention to his project due to its attachment to an existing superstar codebase.

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Just guessing, but I would say that's because "git" is only derogatory in British English, and wasn't popular (if even existent) in American English until it's use as the name of a DVCS.

orionblastar 12y ago
I always thought that git was a form of got or get. Get me the source code. I got the source code. Git is almost like a slang word that means get or got. Yeah in British English it means a stupid person, you useless git! Almost like Nimrod means stupid dimwitted person.
- codereflection 12y ago
  That makes sense. However if you look at Linus' description of git, a "stupid content tracker", then the British English derogatory term makes sense.
- JadeNB 12y ago
  > Git is almost like a slang word that means get or got. Perhaps more dialect than slang? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_Along,_Little_Dogies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_Along,_Little_Dogies
dllthomas 12y ago
"wasn't popular (if even existent) in American English until it's use as the name of a DVCS." ... and the quoting of Monty Python
codereflection 12y ago
I agree. While I'm training people on git at work (in Seattle), they often look up the term and point out the definition to me. I then direct them to Linus' intention, for it to be "a stupid content tracker".
Rayearth 12y ago
I like to think, humorously, that the name of the DVCS came about from the BitKeeper mess that ultimately led to the creation of git: * Andrew Tridgell is a git for reverse-engineering BitKeeper * Larry McVoy is a git for throwing a tantrum and withdrawing free BitKeeper * Linus is a git for blaming Trigdell as the cause of Larry's reaction Personally I think they're all gits.

technomancy 12y ago

Linus could have named it basically anything. He didn't have much of an uphill battle to get people to pay attention to his project due to its attachment to an existing superstar codebase.