[ssrc]

I think it's monorepo vs multi-repo, and since Linux maintainers update the drivers (I believe) when internal APIs change, and the internal APIs are not stable, monorepo seems more practical.

[davidw]

There's something clever to say about the author of Linux vs the author of Git, but it's not coming to mind right now...

[CRConrad]

Both exactly equally famous for sometimes being an asshole?

[actionfromafar]

Maybe I’m missing the joke, but in or out of kernel context is orthogonal to how the source code is stored.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

"how the source code is stored" is what leads to "wow, the linux kernel is really big". Nobody's measuring kernel size by the number of resident pages it takes up.

[jonhohle]

The author is the same (Linus), so it makes sense that he would design a source control system that supported the monorepo he created over the prior 15-ish years.

[midoridensha]

Sure, but git does support multiple repos quite easily, and has support for submodules. It's grown a lot since when Linus first designed it.