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by bonzini 3218 days ago
Sure, everyone's tree descends from it. However:

- normal CVSROOT: developers develop on top of the head of the day.

- Linus's tree: developers develop on top of someone else's head of the day, except for some bugfixes.

Linus's tree becomes "similar" to a CVSROOT only after he cuts a release. But at that point, version control is actually not part of the game anymore.