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How is Git pejorative? I haven't heard that word used like that, but I've only heard it to refer to the vcs.
by saganus 7y ago
How is Git pejorative?
I haven't heard that word used like that, but I've only heard it to refer to the vcs.
- nneonneo 7y agoThe word “git” as a pejorative (calling someone unpleasant, e.g. “Linus Torvalds is such a git”) long predates the VCS. Linus himself chose the name for the VCS partly due to the meaning, sarcastically remarking that he was naming another project after himself (first Linux, then Git). See the Wikipedia entry for more detail: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Naming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Naming
- saganus 7y agoInteresting, thanks!