The Git commit history of Git is nicely browsable here: https://github.com/git/git/graphs/contributors?from=2005-04-...

Indeed, Linus has only one commit in the last 3 years, and is the #28 committer of all time.

Here is his contribution in the last 5 years

https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=comm...

The changes were mostly pretty small as well, which would make sense given he has been hands off for quite some time now.

Analogy still applies, though. If a room is smelly to you, you aren't going to hang around. So the people who spend time there are going to be ones comfortable with the funk.