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Re: [OT] git logo or mascot (was: Re: wit 0.0.3 - a web interface for git available)

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TCTimothy R. Chavez <tinytim@us.ibm.com>
Date
Apr 23, 2005, 07:19 UTC
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<200504222322.33934.FabianFranz@gmx.de>
On Friday 22 April 2005 21:22, you wrote:
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> Am Freitag, 22. April 2005 23:09 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:35:22PM +0200, Christian Meder wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 00:33 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > Very nice, this looks great.  And hey, we have a git logo now :)
> > >
> > > BTW is this logo already officially blessed ?
> >
> > "blessed" how?
>
> Well if it should be official for git, Linus has to "bless" it imho.
>
> > Have an alternative one?
>
> Well, yes. I would like something, which has something to do with the
> original linux mascot.
>
> Like a fish (though that is already used by some other projects) - penguins
> like fish! (Tux too? Or more Linus' fingers ;)? )

I think the logo should be a tortoise. Why? Because it's somewhat ironic. One of Linus' complaints about SCMs in-general and one of his praises of BitKeeper was performance/speed. The tortoise is typified as being a slow and cumbersome animal. Also, the hare, the tortoise' competition, is typified as being quick and possessing fecundity (things that you'd want to identify with "git"... and the job of any decent C programmer is to obfuscate meaning when possible J/K). 

Oh, and there's a picture of a tortoise named "git.gif"... 
http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/juniorglory/images/git.gif
Perhaps not.  Hah
-tim
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> Or perhaps even a wife for Tux, which helps him organizing and managing?
>
> ... Tux & Git having nice holidays on an island? ...
>
> Hm, but what is cogito then ...
>
> cu
>
> Fabian
>
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Message 11 of 13 in “wit 0.0.3 - a web interface for git available”
  1. Christian MederApr 20, 2005
  2. Greg KHApr 20, 2005
  3. Christoph HellwigApr 20, 2005
  4. Christian MederApr 20, 2005
  5. Kay SieversApr 21, 2005
  6. Greg KHApr 21, 2005
  7. Christian MederApr 22, 2005
  8. Greg KHApr 22, 2005
  9. Christian MederApr 22, 2005
  10. [OT] git logo or mascot (was: Re: wit 0.0.3 - a web interface for git available)Fabian Franz, Apr 22, 2005
  11. Timothy R. ChavezApr 23, 2005
  12. Jon SeymourApr 21, 2005
  13. Christoph HellwigApr 20, 2005

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