Torvalds didn’t seem to have a very high opinion of it 😂

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    26 days ago

    It was probably initially developed using a different VCS (e.g., svn), and when git became feature-complete that “svn” history was imported into git.

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      26 days ago

      That first commit is only ~1000loc and reads and writes commits. It was almost certainly not using version control first.

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        26 days ago

        I’ve initialized repos and committed smaller first commits though. I’m not sure I follow this argument.

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            26 days ago

            Yeah I mean I’m not saying it’s not true, I’m just not following your argument for why it’s true.

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              25 days ago

              Context. I was replying to this comment claiming it was “probably” using VCS.

              It was probably initially developed using a different VCS (e.g., svn), and when git became feature-complete that “svn” history was imported into git.

              I thought explaining it was only a tiny project at that point would be enough.

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                25 days ago

                I know the context, I followed the thread, and I understood your argument to be that it was only a small project (you mentioned LOC).

                But then I presented a counter argument that I’ve made repos for less code than that, so I don’t see how that’s an argument for “obviously” not using a VCS.

                I sometimes feel like people throw around the term “obvious”. 🤷‍♂️

                To me it wasn’t obvious because of my personal experience.

                You didn’t use that term, but I feel like you presented your argument as an obvious fact. If you know what I mean. 😁