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noisy_boy on July 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ t...

There were many version controls systems before Git came along. He doesn't need to write it. But if he wants, he has the technical chops to do a damn good job of it.

digi_owl on July 10, 2017 [–]

Few did what Git does, take multiple forks and merge them.

Most that came before were good at forking, but not so good at merging.

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