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dry_soup | 2 years ago

Linux kernel development happens on Git. In fact, Git was created for the Linux kernel. Maybe instead of Git you mean GitHub? I can't find a link now, but if I remember right there was a brief period when Linux kernel development had to move to GitHub. Maybe when kernel.org got hacked? Linus Torvalds didn't like the way that GitHub formatted merge commits [1] (from a later date, but I think it was the same issue).

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjbtip559HcMG9VQLGPmkurh5...

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littlestymaar|2 years ago

> Maybe instead of Git you mean GitHub

Without involving github at all, you can use git directly to push branches to a remote repository and then have it be merged by the maintainers there, which leads to a workflow that's pretty similar to the one you have with github.

Instead, Linux is being worked on by exporting the (git) patches and sharing them on a mailing list, effectively not using a significant feature of git and leading to a very different workflow than the one everyone else is using (github users and others alike), so I still find the question legitimate.

dikei|2 years ago

>> Instead, Linux is being worked on by exporting the (git) patches and sharing them on a mailing list

Once configured, you can send a series of patches to the mailing list with a single git command, and with just another command apply a series of patches from the mailing list. It's actually quite efficient.

mr_sturd|2 years ago

The kernel is certainly mirrored on GitHub[0], but it's not the centre of development.

[0] - https://github.com/torvalds/linux

dry_soup|2 years ago

I'm aware of that mirror. What I'm talking about in my comment is that there was a time when the development of the Linux kernel actually moved to GitHub, due to problems with the regular Linux kernel development infrastructure.