20 YEARS OF GIT. STILL WEIRD, STILL WONDERFUL

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Git has evolved from a small project to the dominant version control system in 20 years. It was originally created to improve patch and tarball management for Linux kernel development and was envisioned as a low-level toolset rather than a full-fledged version control system. Over time, user-friendly "porcelain" commands were created, turning Git into the tool we know today.