Linus Torvalds

@torvalds on GitHub. Posts as torvalds@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@osdl.org.

6,171

messages

213

patches posted

76%

of 76 series merged

441

threads started

2005

first message, Apr 13, 2005

Apr 14, 2023

since the latest message

Messages per year

The last 24 months

Patch series

Of 76 patch series (re-rolls counted once), 58 landed on master and 18 did not.

mergedAdd 'human' date formatv2, Jul 7, 2018, acdd37769d
not mergedFix 'git am' in-body header continuationsApr 3, 2017
not mergedIntegrate the sha1dc code with the git buildMar 16, 2017
not mergedRe-integrate sha1dcMar 16, 2017
not mergedPut sha1dc on a dietMar 1, 2017
not mergedshow decorations at the end of the lineFeb 11, 2017
mergedpathspec: don't error out on all-exclusionary pathspec patternsFeb 8, 2017, 859b7f1d0e
mergedpathspec magic: add '^' as alias for '!'Feb 8, 2017, 42ebeb9d07
not mergedls-remote: add "--diff" option to show only refs that differFeb 2, 2017
not mergedAllow "git shortlog" to group by committer informationDec 16, 2016
not mergedPrefer "long" key format output when verifying pgp signaturesAug 16, 2016
not mergedpretty-print: de-tabify indented logs to make things line up properlyMar 16, 2016

A series is merged when one of its patches matches a commit on master by the same author, by subject. Versions are linked when they share a patch subject. Patches reworded before landing, or applied under someone else's name, count as not merged.

Recent emails

Apr 14, 2023Re: [Question] Can git cat-file have a type filtering option?
Aug 1, 2022Re: "git symbolic-ref" doesn't do a very good job
Aug 1, 2022Re: "git symbolic-ref" doesn't do a very good job
Jul 31, 2022Re: "git symbolic-ref" doesn't do a very good job
Jul 30, 2022Re: "git symbolic-ref" doesn't do a very good job
Jul 30, 2022"git symbolic-ref" doesn't do a very good job
Mar 11, 2022Re: RFC: Using '--no-output-indicator-old' to only show new state
Mar 11, 2022Re: [PATCH] parse-options: add per-option flag to stop abbreviation
Mar 11, 2022Re: RFC: Using '--no-output-indicator-old' to only show new state
Mar 10, 2022Re: RFC: Using '--no-output-indicator-old' to only show new state
Mar 10, 2022Re: RFC: Using '--no-output-indicator-old' to only show new state
Mar 10, 2022RFC: Using '--no-output-indicator-old' to only show new state
Mar 4, 2022Re: Silly 'git am' UI issue
Mar 4, 2022Re: Silly 'git am' UI issue
Mar 3, 2022Silly 'git am' UI issue
Jan 10, 2022Re: git ssh signing changed broke tag merge message contents
Jan 10, 2022git ssh signing changed broke tag merge message contents
Nov 13, 2021Re: [GIT PULL] per signal_struct coredumps
Sep 17, 2021Re: data loss when doing ls-remote and piped to command
Sep 16, 2021Re: data loss when doing ls-remote and piped to command
Jul 21, 2021Re: [PATCH v2] pull: introduce --merge option
Jan 5, 2021Re: [PATCH] shortlog: remove unused(?) "repo-abbrev" feature
Jul 30, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 30, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 30, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 29, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 29, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 29, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 29, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature
Jul 29, 2020Re: Avoiding 'master' nomenclature