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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.




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