[the_svd_doctor]

Yes but git-blame shows 17 years ago.

[quickthrower2]

Git was released 7 April 2005, I imagine it existed and was used before v1.0 release, so 17 years checks out. It is git's age, not the code.

[gryfft]

Yes, but some of the history has been omitted. [1] Line 1035 includes the signoff "-TYT, 12/1291"

1. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1da177e4c3f41524e88...