Yes, but that's not what made git popular. What revision control did Linux use before git? It sure wasn't popular with the public even though Linux used it.

Yes, but that's not what made git popular. What revision control did Linux use before git? It sure wasn't popular with the public even though Linux used it. What made git popular was thousands of slightly clueless novice Ruby users forced on to git by GitHub. They then began writing thousands of blog posts about how git is confusing, but—they, in their infinite cleverness—discovered the secrets and will now share them with you.