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You might want to re-think that name: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dolt

> A mental retard who is clueless not only about current events, but also has the IQ level of a rock. "Dolt" may be the most sophisticated insult in the English language. Dolts commonly populate such stereotypes as jocks, nerds, fruits, bookworms, and dorks.



It's probably intentional, because "git" is also an insult to imply somebody's dumb.


True, but the name `git` came from the open source SCM tool, written by Linus for the Linux source code - and now everyone is sort of stuck with that name. This is a commercial product, deciding on a name for themselves.


Also, at least in British English, calling someone a git doesn't mean "dumb" it means "mean/nasty/malicious".


It's paying homage to how git was named:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Naming


True, but the name `git` came from the open source SCM tool, written by Linus for the Linux source code - and now everyone is sort of stuck with that name. This is a commercial product, deciding on a name for themselves.


I was thinking of https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Do_It.txt (nice story about Tesler at Apple, by the way) and hence, reading it that way :-)




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