--- title: Initial revision of "git", the information manager from... description: This is the initial commit of Git from April 2005, containing the original README file written by Linus Torvalds. The document humorously explains the name... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jpwo4yiit twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell · git/git@e83c516 | daily.dev og:description: This is the initial commit of Git from April 2005, containing the original README file written by Linus Torvalds. The document humorously explains the name... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jpwo4yiit og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JPWo4yiit.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell · git/git@e83c516 **[CyberVerse](https://daily.dev/sources/cygullem)** · [@cygullem](https://daily.dev/cygullem) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This is the initial commit of Git from April 2005, containing the original README file written by Linus Torvalds. The document humorously explains the name "git" and describes the fundamental architecture: a content-addressable object database using SHA1 hashing, with two core abstractions (object database and current directory cache). It details the structure of blob and tree objects, explaining how objects are compressed with zlib, named by their SHA1 hash, and can reference other objects to build hierarchies. The README emphasizes Git's design as a simple, fast directory content manager focused on efficiently tracking file contents. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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