The core functionality behind git last-modified was written by GitHub over many years (originally called blame-tree in GitHub’s fork of Git), and is what has powered our tree-level blame since 2012. Earlier this year, we shared those patches with engineers at GitLab, who tidied up years of development into a reviewable series of patches which landed in this release.
The free software ethos at its finest, this is enough to make a grown man cry 🥹
git the FLOSS software is completely independent of github, the MS-owned web platform. git was originally written by Linus Torvalds and can be selfhosted easily without additional software. Or be used locally.
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QuazarOmega@lemy.lol · 14 pts · 292d
The free software ethos at its finest, this is enough to make a grown man cry 🥹
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 13 pts · 292d
PSA
gitthe FLOSS software is completely independent of github, the MS-owned web platform.gitwas originally written by Linus Torvalds and can be selfhosted easily without additional software. Or be used locally.