I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git.

— Linus Torvalds, Why the 'Git' name? (2007)

Source: https://archive.kernel.org/oldwiki/git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq.html#Why_the_.27Git.27_name.3F

From the Git FAQ entry on the project's name.

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