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Complexity is like body odor: you generally don't mind your own.

• jeltz 5y ago
  Git has not been Linus's project for many years.
  • williamstein 5y ago
    The Git commit history of Git is nicely browsable here: https://github.com/git/git/graphs/contributors?from=2005-04-17&to=2021-07-31&type=c https://github.com/git/git/graphs/contributors?from=2005-04-... Indeed, Linus has only one commit in the last 3 years, and is the #28 committer of all time.
  • sdesol 5y ago
    Here is his contribution in the last 5 years https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=commits&q=authors%3Atorvalds%40evo.osdl.org%2Ctorvalds%40g5.osdl.org%2Ctorvalds%40linux-foundation.org%2Ctorvalds%40osdl.org%2Ctorvalds%40ppc970.osdl.org%2Ctorvalds%40woody.linux-foundation.org%2Bwindow%3A1825&r=github%3Agit%2Fgit&v=repo https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=comm... The changes were mostly pretty small as well, which would make sense given he has been hands off for quite some time now.
  • wpietri 5y ago
    Analogy still applies, though. If a room is smelly to you, you aren't going to hang around. So the people who spend time there are going to be ones comfortable with the funk.