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Linus Torvalds is annoyed by non-informative links in proposed Linux code changes.
Many of these useless links come from AI dev programs and other automated tools.
Torvalds doesn't want to see links unless they take him to useful info about a patch.
It all started with a single fix to a resource node rewrite in the Linux kernel. The more Linus Torvalds looked at it, the more puzzled he became. You see, the fix didn't "actually fix anything at all." Then, Torvalds explained, he spotted the "promising 'Link:' argument that I hoped would explain why this pointless commit exists, but AS ALWAYS that link only wasted my time by pointing to the same damn information that was already there."
Also: Linus Torvalds built Git in 10 days - and never imagined it would last 20 years
'Stop this garbage already'
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