{"thread":{"id":"4754","subject":"Why's Git called Git ?","startedAt":"2006-07-04T00:56:27Z","lastAt":"2006-07-05T19:58:13Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Aaron Gray","Linus Torvalds","Jakub Narebski"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"23156","messageId":"013001c69f04$ae4e2400$0200a8c0@amd2500","threadId":"4754","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Why's Git called Git ?","fromName":"Aaron Gray","fromEmail":"angray@beeb.net","sentAt":"2006-07-04T00:56:27Z","receivedAt":"2006-07-04T00:56:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"angray@beeb.net","avatar":null},"body":"Why the name I could not find any answer in the documentation ?\n\nAaron\n"},{"id":"23171","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.64.0607032022050.12404@g5.osdl.org","threadId":"4754","inReplyTo":"013001c69f04$ae4e2400$0200a8c0@amd2500","subject":"Re: Why's Git called Git ?","fromName":"Linus Torvalds","fromEmail":"torvalds@osdl.org","sentAt":"2006-07-04T03:28:16Z","receivedAt":"2006-07-04T03:28:16Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"torvalds@linux-foundation.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1024025?v=4"},"body":"\n\nOn Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Aaron Gray wrote:\n>\n> Why the name I could not find any answer in the documentation ?\n\nIt's really quite random. It needs to be a two- or three-letter thing just \nbecause I end up typing a lot. \n\nMy favourite explanation is \"I name all my projects after myself: first \n'Linux', now 'git'\".\n\nWhich only makes sense if you know british slang.\n\nThe runner up was \"Because 'twerp' was too hard to type\".\n\nBut really, there's not a lot of real thinking behind it. The made-up \nacronym was \"global information tracker\", but that's a pretty bad excuse \ntoo.\n\nIt just happened. Don't ask me why. All the explanations are really made \nup after the fact.\n\n\t\tLinus\n"},{"id":"23290","messageId":"e8h466$o4$1@sea.gmane.org","threadId":"4754","inReplyTo":"001001c6a06d$6e7b94b0$0200a8c0@AMD2500","subject":"Re: Why's Git called Git ?","fromName":"Jakub Narebski","fromEmail":"jnareb@gmail.com","sentAt":"2006-07-05T19:33:33Z","receivedAt":"2006-07-05T19:33:33Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jnareb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2706?v=4"},"body":"Aaron Gray wrote:\n\n> Anyway good going, I am glad Linux has an open source VCS again now.\n> \n> I do not know how BitKeeper are going to fell knowing they have been \n> replaced by a Git :)\n> \n> I am toying with using a VCS for a set of related projects, either CVS \n> because its well known, SubVersion for ease of use, or Git as it is new. \n> Lots to descide upon, any pointers would be appreciated.\n\nCVS is showing it's age; mainly the fact that IIRC it began as a series of\nscripts over RCS, file level version control system, extending version\ncontrol to sets of files, somewhat. Branching in CVS is serious PITA.\nRenaming _with_ retaining full and correct history: forget about it.\n\nSubversion is \"better CVS\": still centralized, CVS infernal branching\nreplaced by \"cheap copy\" branching. Well known, replaces CVS thorough OSS\nprojects.\n\nGit, Mercurial, Monotone, Bazaar-NG, Darcs are new brand of distributed VCS.\nI really like notion of branching in Git; but be warned about tracking and\nnot recording renames, and the need of explicit packing (the latter very\nminor). Powerfull, perhaps too powerfull for newbie user: but that is what\nCogito is for (although now Git contains fairly large set of high-level\ncommands).\n\n http://git.or.cz/\n http://git.or.cz/gitwiki\n http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/Git\nand \"Other version control software\" at\n http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitLinks\n\nP.S. If you decide to use Git as VCS for your project, consider adding entry\nabout it on http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitProjects wiki page.\n-- \nJakub Narebski\nWarsaw, Poland\nShadeHawk on #git (at FreeNode)\n"},{"id":"23289","messageId":"001001c6a06d$6e7b94b0$0200a8c0@AMD2500","threadId":"4754","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.64.0607032022050.12404@g5.osdl.org","subject":"Re: Why's Git called Git ?","fromName":"Aaron Gray","fromEmail":"angray@beeb.net","sentAt":"2006-07-05T19:58:13Z","receivedAt":"2006-07-05T19:58:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"angray@beeb.net","avatar":null},"body":"Anyway good going, I am glad Linux has an open source VCS again now.\n\nI do not know how BitKeeper are going to fell knowing they have been \nreplaced by a Git :)\n\nI am toying with using a VCS for a set of related projects, either CVS \nbecause its well known, SubVersion for ease of use, or Git as it is new. \nLots to descide upon, any pointers would be appreciated.\n\nAll the best to the Git team.\n\nRegards,\n\nAaron\n\n----- Original Message ----- \nFrom: \"Linus Torvalds\" \nTo: \"Aaron Gray\" \nCc: \"Git Mailing List\" \nSent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 4:28 AM\nSubject: Re: Why's Git called Git ?\n\n\n>\n>\n> On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Aaron Gray wrote:\n>>\n>> Why the name I could not find any answer in the documentation ?\n>\n> It's really quite random. It needs to be a two- or three-letter thing just\n> because I end up typing a lot.\n>\n> My favourite explanation is \"I name all my projects after myself: first\n> 'Linux', now 'git'\".\n>\n> Which only makes sense if you know british slang.\n>\n> The runner up was \"Because 'twerp' was too hard to type\".\n>\n> But really, there's not a lot of real thinking behind it. The made-up\n> acronym was \"global information tracker\", but that's a pretty bad excuse\n> too.\n>\n> It just happened. Don't ask me why. All the explanations are really made\n> up after the fact.\n>\n> Linus \n"}]}