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Git's initial commit

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Post by mellonaut » Mon, Apr 07, 2025, 2:02 PM UTC

Git's initial commit
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Post by mellonaut » Mon, Apr 07, 2025, 2:03 PM UTC

Twenty years since Linus Torvalds committed "Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell"!

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 07, 2025, 2:04 PM UTC

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Post by TheTaytay » Mon, Apr 07, 2025, 2:45 PM UTC

It’s an engineering superpower to ship something that works, but isn’t anywhere nearly as amazing as you know it can be.

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Post by Rooster61 » Mon, Apr 07, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

Wow. I was totally unaware that Linus initially programmed git. I'd argue that it's had nearly as much impact as Linux itself. How many lines of code have been cataloged with it over time? Pretty good track record for a stupid content tracker, ha

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