Two decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds

Name: Two decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds
Description: GitHub interviews Linus Torvalds on twenty years of Git, from its creation in about ten days as a Linux kernel tool to its role in modern software development. He discusses technical decisions, community contributions and the project's philosophy.

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GitHub interviews Linus Torvalds on twenty years of Git, from its creation in about ten days as a Linux kernel tool to its role in modern software development. He discusses technical decisions, community contributions and the project's philosophy.

HN commenters cite it for Linus's direct opinions on Git and development tooling, such as calling the SHA-256 migration pointless churn.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2025–2026

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Tech pioneers & interviews
Testing, debugging & developer tools
Linux & open-source ecosystems

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