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This is all very well but how does Linus Thorvalds use git? Given he invented the bloody thing, it might be nice to see how the Boss uses it!

git was created to scratch an itch (actually a bit of a roiling boil, that needed a serious amount of soothing ointment and as it turns out: a compiler, some source code and quite a lot of effort). ... anyway the history of it is well documented.

FFS: git was called git because a Finnish bloke with English as a second, but well used, tongue had learned what a "git" is and it seemed appropriate. Bear in mind that Mr T was deeply in his shouty phase at that point in time.

Artisanal git sounds all kinds of wrong 8) Its just a tool to do a job and I suggest you use it in the same way as the XKCD comic mandates (that is the official manual, despite what you might think)

The Conclusion is spot on - great article.



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