Introduction to Git

Git was created by Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, in April 2005. With his dry wit, he has affectionately called the tool "the information manager from hell." In an interview with the Linux Foundation, Linus mentioned that he felt source-control management was just about the least interesting thing in the computing world (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2015/04/10-years-of-git-an-interview-with-git-creator-linus-torvalds/). Nevertheless, he created the tool after a disagreement between the Linux kernel developer community and BitKeeper, the proprietary system they were using at the time.

What does the name Git stand for? In British English slang, a git is an insult denoting an unpleasant, annoying, childish person. With his dry humor, Linus said he is an egotistical bastard and that he named all of his projects after himself. First Linux, now Git. However, some suggested that the name is short for Global Information...