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GitHub may be one reason. Maybe less but still important IMHO is that it's far more pronounceable than e.g. SVN. That could help build the hype.
by elii 15y ago
GitHub may be one reason.
Maybe less but still important IMHO is that it's far more pronounceable than e.g. SVN. That could help build the hype.
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- srl 15y agoI remember when I was first introduced to version control - I was told "we're using 'subversion' for XYZ". I thought that meant we were doing something sneaky that I shouldn't talk about. "Git" is definitely a nice name.
- to3m 15y agoI have no idea where urbandictionary.com is from, but its page on `git' describes the meanings it's always had for me, and indeed probably most UK (and Australian?) readers: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=git http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=git This is partly why I have, so far, not joined the "Git Hub". All in all, I think a better name could have been chosen. But, most of the time, I only type it - and it IS certainly nicer to type than `svn', I'll give it that.