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Dolt Is Git for Data

• nikole9696 2y ago
  That seems like an unfortunate name. "Dolt" is another word for "idiot".
  • deleted 2y ago
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  • fieryscribe 2y ago
    As is git. I think it's intentional
  • pseudalopex 2y ago
    They say they chose an insult as homage to Git.[1] And it reinforces the Git for data marketing. [1] https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-04-24-alternate-product-names/ https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-04-24-alternate-product-na...
  • timsehn 2y ago
    https://docs.dolthub.com/other/faq#why-is-it-called-dolt-are-you-calling-me-dumb https://docs.dolthub.com/other/faq#why-is-it-called-dolt-are...
• 2bluesc 2y ago
  Perhaps "Dolt is Git for data" should really be "Dolt is Git for databases" I loaded the page expecting to see some arbitrary binary data version control tool and was caught off guard by all the references to SQL.