A GIT STORY: NOT SO FUN THIS TIME

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

In 1998, Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, was overwhelmed by the growing number of code changes from developers. The solution they found was BitKeeper, a distributed version control system. Linux adopted BitKeeper in 2002, but its proprietary nature caused friction with free software advocates. Frustrated, Torvalds started developing Git, which gained popularity and became mainstream due to GitHub.