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For anyone curious as me: git means You two.

• stoneman24 7mo ago
  I wonder how it evolved into the modern British slang of “git”. To quote Wikipedia [0] “modern British English slang, a git (/ɡɪt/) is a term of insult used to describe someone—usually a man—who is considered stupid, incompetent, annoying, unpleasant, or silly.“. And “ Git is a popular open-source software for version control created by Linus Torvalds. Torvalds jokingly named it "git" after the slang term, later defining it as "the stupid content tracker".” [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(slang) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(slang)
  • talideon 7mo ago
    There appears to be nothing linking Old English "git" with Modern English "git". Also, OEng "git" would've been pronounced more like "yit".
  • Octoth0rpe 7mo ago
    > Torvalds jokingly named it "git" after the slang term, later defining it as "the stupid content tracker".” I think the better Torvalds quote was when he said "I name all my projects after myself"
  • OneLeggedCat 7mo ago
    I (an American) had only heard the slang version in Holy Grail, and didn't know the slang meaning, and finally am now seeing your comment. Now to lookup the meaning of "manky..."
• vintermann 7mo ago
  "Listen baby, they're playing uncer song..." "Git should get a room!"
• rbonvall 7mo ago
  Of course. It's distributed.