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5 years of Linux development in Git

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CLChristian Ludwig <chrissicool@chrissicool.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2010, 22:20 UTC
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Dear kernel hackers & Git lovers,

some of you might have noticed already that today we celebrate 5 years of Linux kernel development in Git. After looking for an alternative to Bitkeeper, Linus came up with his own solution and wrote that new tool he called Git. Exactly 5 years ago, Linus announced Linux-2.6.12-rc2 by making the the very first commit into the official Linux kernel Git tree. So we made a little movie to visualize the source code development of Linux over these past 5 years of Git history.

The video was made with Gource, a source code visualization tool. Yes, there are some bugs in the video, but we found the overall idea way too cool to not share the result with you. You can find the video online in different formats.

You can find a preview teaser on Youtube at
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntTpM8hfl_E
The torrents are linked on the page.

We hope you enjoy the video and celebrate 5 years of Linux kernel development in Git with us.

  - Christian 
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  1. Christian LudwigApr 16, 2010

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