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Re:A group of ex-NSA and Amazon engineers are building a ‘Gi... by vharuck on Thursday February 20, 2020 @02:53PM (#22377979)
It's probably intentional, because "git" is also an insult to imply somebody's dumb.
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Re:A group of ex-NSA and Amazon engineers are building a ‘Gi... by dflock on Thursday February 20, 2020 @02:58PM (#22378017)
True, but the name `git` came from the open source SCM tool, written by Linus for the Linux source code - and now everyone is sort of stuck with that name. This is a commercial product, deciding on a name for themselves.
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Re:A group of ex-NSA and Amazon engineers are building a ‘Gi... by dflock on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:25PM (#22379922)
Also, at least in British English, calling someone a git doesn't mean "dumb" it means "mean/nasty/malicious".
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