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Linus Torvalds On Why Github Merges Are Trash

Brodie Robertson

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Brodie Robertson discusses Linus Torvalds' criticisms of GitHub's pull request and merge workflows for kernel development.

For the longest time Linus Torvalds has hated Github pull requests and due to a recent linux contribution he want on another rant about the matter so I thought we should back at what else he has said. ==========Support The Channel========== ► $100 Linode Credit: brodierobertson.xyz/linode ► Patreon: brodierobertson.xyz/patreon ► Paypal: brodierobertson.xyz/paypal ► Liberachat: brodierobertson.xyz/liberachat ► Amazon USA: brodierobertson.xyz/amazonusa ==========Resources========== The Register Article: theregister.com/2021/09/06/github_merges_useless_garbage_say… ZDNet Article: zdnet.com/article/linux-boosts-microsoft-ntfs-support-as-lin… Kernel Mailing List Email: lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whFAkqwGSNXqeN4KfNwXeCzp9-uoy69_m… Linux Github 2012: github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5654674 =========Video Platforms========== 🎥 Odysee: brodierobertson.xyz/odysee 🎥 Podcast: techovertea.xyz/youtube 🎮 Gaming: brodierobertson.xyz/youtube ==========Social Media========== 🎤 Discord: brodierobertson.xyz/discord 🎤 Matrix Space: brodierobertson.xyz/matrix 🐦 Twitter: brodierobertson.xyz/twitter 🌐 Mastodon: brodierobertson.xyz/mastodon 🖥️ GitHub: brodierobertson.xyz/github ==========Credits========== 🎨 Channel Art: All my art has was created by Supercozman twitter.com/Supercozman instagram.com/supercozman_draws/ #Linux #LinusTorvalds #GitHub 🎵 Ending music Music from filmmusic.io "Basic Implosion" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) DISCLOSURE: Wherever possible I use referral links, which means if you click one of the links in this video or description and make a purchase I may receive a small commission or other compensation.

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Torvalds is not the biggest fan of GitHub for sure, though I don't know what he thinks of GitLab. If I'm not mistaken, he only likes GitHub as a code-hosting platform and has ranted about it a couple times. Here's a video that goes over one of them: link to this video