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From: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
Subject: Naming the SCM (was Re: Handling renames.)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:42:16 -0600
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On Thursday 14 April 2005 01:40 pm, Andrew Timberlake-Newell wrote:
> Zach Welch pontificated:
> > I imagine quite a few folks expect something not entirely unlike an SCM
> > to emerge from these current efforts. Moreover, Petr's 'git' scripts
> > wrap your "filesystem" plumbing to that very end.
> > 
> > To avoid confusion, I think it would be better to distinguish the two
> > layers, perhaps by calling the low-level plumbing... 'gitfs', of course.
> 
> Or perhaps to come up with a name (or at least nickname) for the SCM.
> 
> GitMaster?
> 

Cogito.  "Git inside" can be the first slogan.

Differentiating the SCM built on top of git from git itself is probably worthwhile
to avoid confusion.  Other SCMs may be developed later, built on git, and these
can come up with their own clever names.

Steven