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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 23, 2016, 19:13 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqegc31br3.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1456249229-30454-5-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:

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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>
> ---

This self-derogatory reference shouldn't offend those who didn't help write it.

Having said that, I agree with the spirit of 4/5 and 5/5; but it is sad that this line is not resurrected by 5/5 in some way.

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>  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.