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It's interesting that in 2002 he wasn't using any revision control at all. Was that common for open source projects at the time?
by ryanf 15y ago
It's interesting that in 2002 he wasn't using any revision control at all. Was that common for open source projects at the time?
- olauzon 15y agoLinux kernel development was managed with tarballs and patches for the first 10 years, until BitKeeper was selected in 2002, then of course Git in 2005. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Revision_control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Revision_control Also see Linus Torvalds' Google Tech Talk on Git starting around 2:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8