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Re:Noms – A versioned, forkable, syncable database by rpedela on Saturday October 15, 2016 @11:05PM (#12716666)
Yes there are significant differences in terms of feature, implementation, etc but they have the same goal: manage source code versions.
Re:Noms – A versioned, forkable, syncable database by emmelaich on Sunday October 16, 2016 @09:23PM (#12722106)
That's how Git is used but I think that by design, it is foremost a userlevel append-only content-addressable file system.

The difference between this and a version control system is a major part of why the UI is so awful.