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On 2009-11-11 10:33 (+0100), Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Yes, in Open Source, we are used to crude, geeky humor, some of us
> even accept blunt mails, but we are embedded in a world that is calle=
d
> "reality".
>
> In my experience, in this world it is much easier to tell people that
> your program is called "Git" ("could have been John, either") and be
> done with the questions.

Yes, that=E2=80=99s how the language works. Proper nouns are capitalize=
d, so in
plain text the name of this program should always be written =E2=80=9CG=
it=E2=80=9D. Only
in command examples it is =E2=80=9Cgit=E2=80=9D.

Sometimes people mix proper nouns and logos/brands. Proper nouns are
under the rules of the language. For example, I can=E2=80=99t go tellin=
g people
that my name must be written =E2=80=9CteEMu=E2=80=9D because I don=E2=80=
=99t own Finnish.

In logos the brands=E2=80=99 owner can try to be funny and cool and dif=
ferent
and write anything they want (like =E2=80=9Cg=C9=A8T=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=
=9CG=C4=ABT=E2=80=9D).