This commit wasn't actually made by Linus, it's someone else trolling. > This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork

This commit wasn't actually made by Linus, it's someone else trolling. > This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac632c504d0b881d7cfb44e3fdde3ec30eb548d9 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac632c504d0b881d7cf... https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits?author=torvalds This ability to (1) forge commits from other people and (2) reference commit hashes from different forks, making them appear to belong to a GitHub repository that they were never actually pushed to, has been posted about on HN before, though I'm having trouble finding the most relevant link. Why does GitHub let me commit as other people? (2014) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7792026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7792026 Edit: For instance, someone pulled a similar trick a year back by making a commit in a fork of the GitHub DMCA repository containing youtube-dl: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24882921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24882921