Junio C Hamano interviewed by Jeremy Allison

[DisneyDumbazz]

Thank you for introducing us to the Ichiro Suzuki of FOSS.

[pcmcg]

Come on Google, you really need to properly mic an interview like this. The sound quality changes so frequently Its really hard to listen at any normal volume level. Thanks.

[jercosum]

After you've juggled chainsaws, and cut your arms and legs off, you get better at juggling chainsaws? I like git, but that's a terrible analogy :p

[fkaufusi]

GIT become the most vital tools in our organisation. Keep up the good work Junio, well done to you!!

[matthewjmccullough]

Wonderful to see someone I mention so kindly and thankfully, so often, have a safe base of employment at Google. Go Git! Go Junio!

[googleOSPO]

iikifaR. here are responses to your question from Jeremy:

The "VCS that shall not be mentioned" isn't Mercurial, but a

proprietary one in use at Google. That's why we didn't want to mention

it :-).

And yes, Jun is basically "Git Maintainer Fulltime".

[riffere]

I don't think it is secret, either. For example, the answer appears in an early part of Linus's techtalk on git

[recover89]

I don't think Google's internal VCS is secret. I can't remember what it is right now though.

[iikifaR]

Was the "VCS that shall not be mentioned" Mercurial, or did I get that wrong? I just didn't see why it had to be downplayed, since obviously there's nothing wrong in embracing both, as Google is clearly doing.

Question: Was there actually any mention of what Junio's position at Google was exactly? Is he basically a "Git maintainer"?