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from the first kernel merge (link found in wikipedia)

https://marc.info/?l=git&m=111377572329534

I don't know about 'git branch', but it looks like 'git merge' wasn't a thing

edit: from searching a bit, it appears that it had branches on June of the launch year, dunno if it had those on release.

tosser678on Clojure on the Desktop

How does TornadoFX compare? it seems more focused on enterprise apps though

tosser678on Gitlab features that are moving to open source

There is. I believe Open Source projects have Golden tier on GL for free and Ultimate on premises. Not sure, you have to check.

edit: just checked:

education: https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/education/

opensource: https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source/program/

But these pages are not easy to find, I had to use search. This should be mentioned on the pricing page.

TBH all these features on Gold and Ultimate for free are game changers (specially Gold since you won't need to manage and install so many things that used to be many different systems), GitLab should advertise it more.