Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:
Git was created by Linus Torvalds in response to the change of BitKeeper
licensing, as a tool to manage Linux kernel sources. It is based on
three years of Linus experience with BitKeeper, and inspired by
of Linus' experience
Monotone architecture. It was designed for Linux kernel, and is used
Monotone's architecture.
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