I was part of a coding bootcamp, and one day the class was talking about git. Somebody mentioned that "git" is also a word used as an insult, like "That guy is a total git". When I revealed that was where the name came from, several students audibly gasped, and a couple said something like "Oh, how embarrassing!" I had the weirdest sense of culture shock, and I had no doubt those students would make very good corporate drones.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Yeah it’s weird how computers are still so grounded in weirdo cultures but because everyone has to use them and they’re the foundation of modern society and economy these people often run into something they aren’t prepared to deal with whether it’s copy left and the open source movement or it’s terminology and naming with an irreverent flair.

This is also how you wind up with me casually talking about linux and home servers with a bunch of anarchists as we fix up old bikes while I know engineers and tech chasers who are scared of such things.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I heard that Linus named it git because he is one.

[–] zarkanian 8 points 3 months ago

That's what I heard, too. He has a habit of naming his software projects after himself: Linux, git.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

wait until part 2 of git class where they use the MASTER branch

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

It's main branch these days (at least that's the new default for new repositories)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Embarrassing for who?

[–] zarkanian 15 points 3 months ago

For them, I guess. I can imagine some folks would be embarrassed to tell people that they use GIMP for the same reason.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

They were already assimilated at that point, changing their culture would be futile.

But we must try anyway.