Celebrating Git's 20th anniversary with creator Linus Torvalds

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This post details the origin and early development of Git, including Linus Torvalds' motivations for creating it due to dissatisfaction with existing version control systems like CVS and SVN. It covers the initial design decisions, the rapid development of the first version, the handover of maintainership to Junio Hamano, and the reasons for Git's eventual dominance over Mercurial, emphasizing network effects and superior design. It also touches on key milestones after its initial release, such as the development of Git hosting sites and Windows support.