20 years of Git

Twenty years ago today, Linus Torvalds made the very first commit to Git, the information manager from hell. Over these last 20 years, Git went from a small, simple, personal project to the most massively dominant version control system ever built. I have personally had a hell of a ride on this particular software roller coaster. I started using Git for something you might not imagine it was intended for, only a few months after it’s first commit. I then went on to found GitHub, write arguably the most widely read book on Git, build the official website of the project, start the annual developer conference, etc - this little project has changed the world of software development, but more personally, it has massively changed the course of my life. I thought it would be fun today, as the Git project rolls into it’s third decade, to remember the earliest days of Git and explain a bit why I find this project so endlessly fascinating. Enjoy Kiril and I drinking wine and building the ve ... Read full article.