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[PATCH 4/5] README.md: don't call git stupid in the title

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Feb 23, 2016, 17:40 UTC
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"the stupid content tracker" was true in the early days of Git, but hardly applicable these days. "fast, scalable, distributed" describes Git more accuralety.

Also, "stupid" can be seen as offensive by some people. Let's not use it in the very first words of the README.

The new formulation is taken from the description of the Debian package.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1625352..c11c3e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Git - the stupid content tracker
+# Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 
 "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
 
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  1. 0/5 Make README more pleasant to readMatthieu Moy, Feb 23, 2016
  2. 1/5 README: use markdown syntaxMatthieu Moy, Feb 23, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 23, 2016
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 24, 2016
  6. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2016
  7. 2/5 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenamesMatthieu Moy, Feb 23, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  9. Matthieu MoyFeb 23, 2016
  10. 3/5 README.md: move the link to git-scm.com upMatthieu Moy, Feb 23, 2016
  11. 4/5 README.md: don't call git stupid in the titleMatthieu Moy, Feb 23, 2016
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  13. Matthieu MoyFeb 23, 2016
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  15. 5/5 README.md: move down historical explanation about the nameMatthieu Moy, Feb 23, 2016
  16. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2016
  17. Matthieu MoyFeb 24, 2016
  18. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2016
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2016
  20. 0/5 Make README more pleasant to readMatthieu Moy, Feb 25, 2016
  21. 1/5 README: use markdown syntaxMatthieu Moy, Feb 25, 2016
  22. 2/5 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenamesMatthieu Moy, Feb 25, 2016
  23. 3/5 README.md: move the link to git-scm.com upMatthieu Moy, Feb 25, 2016
  24. 4/5 README.md: don't call git stupid in the titleMatthieu Moy, Feb 25, 2016
  25. 5/5 README.md: move down historical explanation about the nameMatthieu Moy, Feb 25, 2016

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