To be fair, if you mean that these changes are “bloat” and that git should be kept “simple” (not easy but non-complex), I don’t think this has much to do with L

To be fair, if you mean that these changes are “bloat” and that git should be kept “simple” (not easy but non-complex), I don’t think this has much to do with Linus, because as far as I know he’s no longer involved in the development of git.