The Linux kernel is a very wierd project making use of external bug trackers, a mailing list, and a really odd way of using Git, it's no surprise that it's l...
  • drspod@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    a really odd way of using Git

    Git was literally designed for kernel development.

    • meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe
      321·
      7 months ago

      That jumped out to me too. Seems incredible that the reason the system exists at all, has become a “weird” way to use it. You can git clone the kernel just like any other repo on github, so no big deal.

      • drspod@lemmy.ml
        151·
        7 months ago

        I didn’t even mention Github, I just quoted from the video description.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    443·
    7 months ago

    Link is to a video of a guy reading somebody else’s blog? I guess that’s “content”…

    Linus is using git the way he designed git to work… it’s a distributed source control system. Kernel development has always been about having lots and lots of “forks” which coordinate around a central “base.”

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
      18·
      7 months ago

      Was also designed to be accommodating of very diverse flows, like people living on remote islands with spotty internet connections, or people hacking on the kernel on long airplane trips without any connection, or people sending patches by email, or kernel maintainers acting as clearing houses for branches etc.

      The famous “git flow” is only a tiny use case of what git is capable of, and Github (and other similar platforms) are mostly designed around those limitations and have otherwise very limited support for other flows.

      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
        2·
        7 months ago

        I don’t think so. I really should follow their bug for it. I’ve been following the NodeBB implementation and they seem to be getting close.

    • ulkesh@beehaw.orgEnglish
      13·
      7 months ago

      GitHub isn’t what kernel developers use as the source tree, they use kernel.org. If you see any kernel development through GitHub, you’re just looking at a mirror.

      I’ve not watched the video yet so I’m unsure of what point the video is trying to make (it looks click-bait-y to me).