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Re: [PATCH] One Git To Rule Them All

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Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb@highlab.com>
Date
Jun 1, 2005, 06:35 UTC
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Calling it 'git' would conflict with the git binary from GNU Interactive Tools. That other git seems to not be maintained, the last release was on 2000-03-12. But still...

I think it should have been called 'lit' from the start, for Linus' Information Tracker.

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Sebastian Kuzminsky
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  1. One Git To Rule Them AllJason McMullan, Jun 1, 2005
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  3. Sebastian KuzminskyJun 1, 2005
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