I remember several open source packages that used this idiom 15 or 20 years ago. It's probably a combination of a hat tip to the past, an inside joke, and the

I remember several open source packages that used this idiom 15 or 20 years ago. It's probably a combination of a hat tip to the past, an inside joke, and the fact that the Git maintainer is not a native English speaker. Smile--I think it's meant to amuse.