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程序员之友 Git 的名字怎么来的?
Linus Torvalds自己在Readme里面这么写道:
"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 shit": when it breaks.
也就是:
1:随便挑的好读的三个字母组合,没被常用UNIX命令用到,大概不是get打错。
2:英文俚语:蠢人
3:全局信息跟踪器
4:傻X东西
但是Linus后来又这么说过:“I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'.”
Linux一眼看出来就的确是从他名字来的,那么这个git怎么来的,就很值得推敲了。