Re:The Berkeley Software Distribution
by bch on Thursday March 07, 2024 @03:38PM
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> a lot of development happened in perforce
Interesting - that I didn’t know. Based on my personal p4 experience, I’m sorry anybody else had to use it.
That said - nobody has mentioned that git (and hg) was preceded and directly inspired by Larry McVoys BitKeeper[0]. Indeed, I’ve heard rumor that both “git” and “mercurial” were named after people’s perceptions of others personalities during the Linux/BitKeeper breakup/debacle.
Interesting - that I didn’t know. Based on my personal p4 experience, I’m sorry anybody else had to use it.
That said - nobody has mentioned that git (and hg) was preceded and directly inspired by Larry McVoys BitKeeper[0]. Indeed, I’ve heard rumor that both “git” and “mercurial” were named after people’s perceptions of others personalities during the Linux/BitKeeper breakup/debacle.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitKeeper