what is the abbreviation of GIT? [closed]

Question

In the manual, GIT is "the stupid content tracker". The abbreviation of "the stupid content tracker" is not GIT. I doubt about what the abbreviation of GIT.

Evocative

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's fluff. – Minutes

Answer 1

Note: git is spelled 'git' (for the command) or Git (for the product).
Not "GIT", since it is not an acronym, but rather an expression of intent: a tool which does "just" version control without trying to be smart (and include tons of other features)
See for instance "git-merge-stupid.sh"

Note that the more recent 2016 commit remove that title:

-Git - the stupid content tracker
-================================
+Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

"the stupid content tracker" was true in the early days of Git, but hardly applicable these days. "fast, scalable, distributed" describes Git more accurately.

Also, "stupid" can be seen as offensive by some people. Let's not use it in the very first words of the README.

The new formulation is taken from the description of the Debian package.

This started in 2007 already with commit e19b91b (13 Feb 2007) by Nicolas Pitre.

Update RPM core package description (Git isn't as stupid as it used to be)

The original description was:

This is a stupid (but extremely fast) directory content manager.
It doesn't do a whole lot, but what it does do is track directory contents efficiently. It is intended to be the base of an efficient, distributed source code management system. This package includes rudimentary tools that can be used as a SCM, but you should look elsewhere for tools for ordinary humans layered on top of this.

Replaced with:

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

Windshield

Answer 2

According to the initial commit to the git tree:

"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.

• random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronounciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
• stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
• "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
• "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks

Dolan

This should be the answer... +1 – Zelmazelten

Git starnds for global information tracker – Lumbering