On 11/5/08, Reenen Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Git has - like several other linux applications - a crappy name. I dunno if > it is a dirty word, but it sounds like one.
The text below is quoted from: http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq ----------------------------- Why the 'git' name? Quoting Linus: "I'm an egotistical ***, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'". ('git' is British slang for "silly, stupid, or worthless person"). Alternatively, in Linus' own words as the inventor of git: "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 mispronunciation 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 ----------------------------- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
