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Re:Continuous Unix commit history from 1970 until today by black-tea on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:53AM (#19430774)
They did use a system---tarballs and patches---but it was just a socially constructed system rather than rigorously enforced using software. Linus has often said he would have rather gone back to that system rather than use CVS or SVN.
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Re:Continuous Unix commit history from 1970 until today by cryptonector on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:53PM (#19432673)
Fortunately instead he created Git. I'm a fan of Git, though I'm aware many aren't.
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