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As a Brit the name "GitHub" will never stop being amusing to me. (Git being British slang for a nasty, unpleasant person, generally a man.) So I'm like "GitHub? Sounds like some pubs I know, amirite?"

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Caz Mockett
Caz Mockett
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sadly we don’t seem to use git (the insult) much these days, which is a shame, as it is one of my faves for no readily apparent reason 😂
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Caz Mockett
Caz Mockett
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yes to all of that! 😂
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Quelle Surprise
Quelle Surprise
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"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'." - Linus Torvalds
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public universal joybold
public universal joybold
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I've heard that joke for ages 😅 Linus Torvalds named two big projects after himself, linux and git
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qwazix
qwazix
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git is (maybe) indeed named after said british word.

about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/04/…

The origin of the name Git There’s not much quirky or charming about the world of DevOps, but the theories around the origin of the name Git may be an exception. Torvalds claimed to have named Linux after himself, and he said Git (British slang for “jerk”) was no different. “I’m an egotistical b*stard, and I name all my projects after myself,” he said at the time. The source code’s README takes the story in a different direction: Git is easy to pronounce, not used by UNIX, and could sound like “get.” It could be British shade-throwing, or it could stand for “global information tracker” (the choice of those happily working with a functioning tool). And for those frustrated with Git, there’s also “goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t.”

Celebrating 17 years of Git

Here's the history, tips, tricks and even a mea culpa to help celebrate the 17th anniversary of Git.
Valerie Silverthorne (GitLab)
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Alexandra Lanes
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I thought the "git" moniker was a reference to Andrew Tridgell who objected to the proprietary source control system Linus had been using.
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Cory
Cory
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I always end up emphasizing the Git when it is giving me grief
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