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Commit Details

Message
"Linux-2.6.12-rc2"
Author
Linus Torvalds
Date
2005-04-16
Hash
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fun Fact

The first commit to Git contains 17,291 files - the entire state of Linux 2.6.12-rc2. Linus built Git to manage Linux development.

</>First Code

C
/*
 *  linux/kernel/fork.c
 *
 *  (C) 1991  Linus Torvalds
 */

/*
 *  'fork.c' contains the help-routines for the 'fork' system call
 *  (see also entry.S and others).
 *  Fork is rather simple, once you get the hang of it, but the memory
 *  management can be a bitch. See 'mm/memory.c': 'copy_page_range()'
 */