[johnfn]

One of my favorite bits of trivia: What would Git be like if Linus stepped away? Oh yeah, he stepped away after a few months and Junio Hamano continued running it for the next 15 years[1] (!!).

[1]: https://github.com/git/git/graphs/contributors

[sdesol]

I'm not sure what your point is. Antirez has been contributing to redis for over 11 years and accounts for 80% of all its code churn.

https://imgur.com/RnlzECa

In just the last 90 days, he accounted for 50% of the code that is being changed in redis. I'm currently indexing the Git repository, as I'm curious to see the impact Linus had before he left, but I don't think Linus leaving, is anything like antirez leaving.

Sorry if this post comes of confrontational, as that is not its intention. I just don't understand what comparison you are trying to make.

[quietbritishjim]

I think they were replying to a different bit of the parent comment than you seem to think:

> ... what would Linux be when Linus decides to step away?

[swagonomixxx]

I think it was a fair reply. Linus's contributions to Git, while basically 100% of the project initially, were not sustained over as long as Antirez's contributions to Redis.

[swagonomixxx]

While this is true, I think Git is quite different. Linus has said that he's not really a "VCS guy", so apart from high level architecture and high level concepts of what Git actually is as a VCS, he hasn't really had as much impact on Git's codebase as much as Linux.

Antirez, on the other hand, has had a large part in the continued development of Redis since it's inception, so like, 11 years or so (2009).

AFAIK, apart from UI improvements over the years, Git has _largely_ been the same since inception, in that you can watch a video as far back as e.g https://youtu.be/4XpnKHJAok8 and not much has really changed since those days (by the time Linus gave that prez, Junio already started running the project).