Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH 4/5] README.md: don't call git stupid in the title

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:08:23

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:
"the stupid content tracker" was true in the early days of Git, but
hardly applicable these days. "fast, scalable, distributed" describes
Git more accuralety.

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.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <redacted>
---
This self-derogatory reference shouldn't offend those who didn't
help write it.

Having said that, I agree with the spirit of 4/5 and 5/5; but it is
sad that this line is not resurrected by 5/5 in some way.
quoted hunk
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1625352..c11c3e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Git - the stupid content tracker
+# Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 
 "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
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