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Re: New git commit tool

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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Sep 4, 2006, 21:20 UTC
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Linus Torvalds writes:
> I do have a fourth issue, which is that I hate "gitool" as a name. It 
> either parses as "gi"+"tool", which makes no sense, or "git"+"ool", which 
> also makes no sense. "gitk" was cute, "gitool" is just irritating ;)

I was calling it "gitt" for a long time, which is at least shorter and easier to type. I also thought of "tick" (anagram of tk + "ci" for check in), but maybe all that shows I've been doing too many cryptic crosswords lately. :) The "gitool" was by analogy with the "citool" of another system we've both used. I'm happy to change it if someone has a better idea...

Paul.
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