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It serves the same purpose that sl serves. A minor somewhat amusing annoyance that gets tiresome over time, forcing you to drop the bad habit.

Aliasing it to 'sleep 2 ; git' would do the same thing, but would lack the embarrassment and amusement that the animation gives.

Of course mostly that is just an excuse. "Because it is fun" is really the only reason that there needs to be.



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