Torvalds didn’t seem to have a very high opinion of it 😂

  • WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    For the people out there, who, like me, started wondering too, this is quoted from the readme:

    “git” can mean anything, depending on your mood.

    • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronounciation of “get” may or may not be relevant.
    • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
    • “global information tracker”: you’re in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
    • “goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t”: when it breaks