git, and everything to do with emacs. And then you have the gall to talk about "Unix design" and not gumming programs together, when you yourself use the most gummed-up piece of absolute sh*t there is!" - Meaning and context.">
Torvalds, Linus (2008-12-17), Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER, period!, retrieved: 2025-06-02

Your problem has nothing to do with git, and everything to do with emacs. And then you have the gall to talk about "Unix design" and not gumming programs together, when you yourself use the most gummed-up piece of absolute sh*t there is!

— Linus Torvalds

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Your problem has nothing to do with git, and everything to do with emacs. And then you have the gall to talk about "Unix design" and not gumming programs together, when you yourself use the most gummed-up piece of absolute sh*t there is!" in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2008-12-17), Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER, period!, retrieved: 2025-06-02" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Linus Torvalds" (Quotes, 2000s, 2008) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Linus Torvalds

About Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.