Exactly. I mean look at his commits. Look at this file: https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/blob/master/package.json
(He created a commit only to add his how name as a contributor to package.json, which is the only name in package.json).
How did his changes even make it to the repo. There are commits adding and deleting whitespace with the disguised commit message of "Refactoring Code". I have no doubt on why ariya couldn't work with him.
I couldn't find a single one containing any meaningful code changes. The closest one is a81a38f[1] which seems to introduce bugs - removing open file check, plus a hanging if clause.
Sounds like it's either an elaborate prank, or the guy has no grounding on reality.
Make of it what you will but they appear to be a bunch of commits that amount to removing white space or adding/removing comments with messages like "Code refactoring". It looks a lot like someone trying to get their git blame count up by any means other than writing actual code.
Gotcha. Through, lack of communications skills and being either delusional or complete dick is not the same. Meaning there are people whose main problem is lack of communication skills and people whose problems run much deeper.
• phantomjs is 7 years old, @pixiuPL has been contributing for about 2 months
• @ariya didn't respond to his requests for owner level permissions
• @pixiuPL published an open letter to the main page of phantomjs.org https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/15345
• the stress leads @ariya to close the repo.
• @pixiuPL intends to continue development on a fork
This is a good reminder of why non-technical skills are so important in OS and in general.