How to pronounce Git

Git is most commonly pronounced "git" (/ɡɪt/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

Spelled as said: /ɡɪt/, hard G, one syllable, same as the English word. Linus Torvalds named it after himself and said 'git' has no intended reading beyond the British slang.

Pronouncing project and product names correctly avoids the small but persistent friction of being gently corrected during standups, conference Q&As, and team calls. Hearing the word a few times locks in the right reading better than reading IPA ever will. Pronounce is a community-maintained dictionary — every entry tagged with a confidence level and (where possible) a citable source.