On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:15:54PM -0800, michael@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Brad Fuller wrote:
> >michael@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Brad Fuller wrote:
> >> I couldn't understand the reference to "git". Is "git" the parent of
> >> tamtam? I
> >
> >git is a version control system that, apparently, the OLPC developers
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)
>
> I feel so stupid. Of course. Git, as in "get".
I always assumed that Linus named it "Git" after either Larry McVoy or
Tridge (or both!). I get the impression he didn't think particularly
highly of either of them after his workflow was interrupted so suddenly.
Chris.
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