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Re:SmartGit - A better GUI for Git by graywh on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:35PM (#999907)
The name for Git itself was chosen for its meaning in the UK.
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Re:SmartGit - A better GUI for Git by kqr2 on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @07:18PM (#1000095)
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#Whythe.27git.27name.3F

Quoting Linus: "I'm an egotistical ###, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'".

('git' is British slang for "pig headed, think they are always correct, argumentative").

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Re:SmartGit - A better GUI for Git by LogicHoleFlaw on Thursday December 17, 2009 @12:46AM (#1000499)
As seen on /. : "This is a thread for talking about git, not for being one!"
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