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TIL the creator of version control software Git, Linus Torvalds, once quipped about the name "git" (which is British English slang for an unpleasant or silly person): "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself.

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    TIL the creator of version control software Git, Linus Torvalds, once quipped about the name "git" (which is British English slang for an unpleasant or silly person): "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git
    #til #todayilearned
    https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1neyn9c/til_the_creator_of_version_control_software_git/

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      TIL the creator of version control software Git, Linus Torvalds, once quipped about the name "git" (which is British English slang for an unpleasant or silly person): "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'."

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git
      #til #todayilearned
      https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1neyn9c/til_the_creator_of_version_control_software_git/

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      @todayilearned #altText A command-line session showing repository creation, addition of a file, and remote synchronization:

      $ git init
      Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmp.IMBYSY7R8Y/.git/
      $ cat > README << 'EOF'
      > Git is a distributed revision control system.
      > EOF
      $ git add README
      $ git commit
      [matter (root-commit) e4dcc69] You can edit locally and push to any remote.
      1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
      create mode 100644 README
      $ git remote add origin got@github.com:crown/that's.git
      $ git push -u origin master

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