In British English, to call someone a 'git' is an insult. That's what is being referred to. Linus once joked that both Linux and Git were named after him.

Though of course it should be noted that "linux" was not named by Linus.

"Linux itself got its name from Ari Lemmke who ran the FTP server the original Linux Kernel was uploaded to. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, wanted to name the kernel Freax, but Ari instead gave him a folder called “linux” to upload his kernel to"

Imagine if he named it `dick`. That's what it sounds like to English people, more or less. It wasn't an accident. Maybe not the best name choice.

Except git is a homophone for "get", a word said quite regularly, and relevant to VCS.

IDK what "dick" sounds like. A man's first name?

That's not why it's called `git`, that's the first time I've ever heard anyone draw a connection between `git` and "get", and they are only homophones in some regional American accents.

I know that's not the origin of the name.

I was pointing out "what it sounds like" to me, as "git" is an uncommon word in American English.

I agree, I think they are nice names, but I think subsurface is better. I think the quality is increasing as I think git is better than Linux.