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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by BossingAround on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:05AM (#22308444)
> neither Google nor Facebook use git

What do Google and FB use as their VCS? Also, any source? I don't mean this to be an attack, I am just genuinely amazed by the statement.

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by compiler-guy on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:52PM (#22310943)
Google uses a custom implementation of the Perforce interface called Piper. Google has looked at git and mercurial, but have concluded that they can't scale to the level they need it to. Read more about it here:

https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/7/204032-why-google-stor...

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Re:Shit – An implementation of Git using POSIX shell by Volt on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:19AM (#22308546)
Facebook uses Mercurial.
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