Well, if you want to take what I said literally, it seems I need to explain.. My point is, he thought about it for some time before he was free to start the wo

Well, if you want to take what I said literally, it seems I need to explain.. My point is, he thought about it for some time before he was free to start the work, then he laid down the basics in less than a week, so he was able to start using Git to build Git, polished it for a while and then turned it over. Here's an interview with the man himself telling the story 10 years later, a very interesting read: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/10-years-of-git-an-interview-with-git-creator-linus-torvalds https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/10-years-of-git-an... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#History