>On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:15:54PM -0800,
michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Brad Fuller wrote:
>> >michael@michaelshiloh.com 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.
>