Highlights from Git 2.52 - GitHub Blog (github.blog)
from Kissaki@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 18 Nov 08:03
https://programming.dev/post/40936510

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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 18 Nov 08:46 next collapse

PSA

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.

QuazarOmega@lemy.lol on 18 Nov 18:32 collapse

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 🥹