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by budman1 72 days ago
I get the reference to deb and ian (two people), but not git ?
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For those not in the know

"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git." - Linus Torvalds

Git

noun - derogatory

An unpleasant or contemptible person (typically used of a man).

Linus famously named git after himself.