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		orionblastar on Sept 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nimrod is being renamed to Nim I always thought that git was a form of got or get. Get me the source code. I got the source code. Git is almost like a slang word that means get or got. Yeah in British English it means a stupid person, you useless git! Almost like Nimrod means stupid dimwitted person.

JadeNB on Sept 22, 2014 | [–]

> Git is almost like a slang word that means get or got.

Perhaps more dialect than slang?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_Along,_Little_Dogies

codereflection on Sept 22, 2014 | [–]

That makes sense. However if you look at Linus' description of git, a "stupid content tracker", then the British English derogatory term makes sense.

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