Chris McCormick:
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:15:54PM -0800,
michael(a)michaelshiloh.com wrote:
On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Brad Fuller wrote:
michael(a)michaelshiloh.com wrote:
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> 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.
Actually, "git" is a swedish word meaning something like "extreme
posession", or wanting something very bad. Its a word thats used
frequently to describe the devils wish for souls.
Quting from the online dictionary
http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se/saob/
on "git":
"BETYDELSE: frö av svartkummin."
Betydelse = Meaning
Frö = strong desire
av = to have
svartkummin = evil desire ("svart"=evil and "kummin"=desire)