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[โ€“] misophist@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But git is literally a word (and it's pronounced with a hard G).

[โ€“] towerful@programming.dev -1 points 11 months ago

https://initialcommit.com/blog/How-Did-Git-Get-Its-Name

Yeh, it's obviously a nonsense argument.
Linus even suggested 2 backronyms for it, none of which have the j sound.
And there is precedence for git being pronounced git not jit.