PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 4: KEYSTROKES AND BRUSHSTROKES A Pint Is All You Need

"Git was created in 2005 after the Linux kernel community’s relationship with BitKeeper broke down and its free access was revoked."

The Pro Git history connects Git's creation in 2005 directly to the breakdown of the Linux community's BitKeeper arrangement.

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