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budman1yesterday at 2:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

I get the reference to deb and ian (two people), but not git ?


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joseda-hgyesterday at 3:26 PM

For those not in the know

"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git." - Linus Torvalds

Git

noun - derogatory

An unpleasant or contemptible person (typically used of a man).

embedding-shapeyesterday at 2:51 PM

Linus famously named git after himself.