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Re:What’s wrong with Git? A conceptual design analysis (2016) by flohofwoe on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:20AM (#26969664)
It's not a criticism really, just an observation ;)

It just happens so that most software development is more like the Linux kernel and less like game development, so for most software projects git is a good fit indeed, just not for gamedev. Maybe it's worth looking into how CGI studios are managing their data, I guess they have the same problems to solve as gamedev studios.

There are specialized solutions though, like https://www.plasticscm.com/ (quite recently acquired by Unity).

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Re:What’s wrong with Git? A conceptual design analysis (2016) by UncleMeat on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:17AM (#26970357)
> It just happens so that most software development is more like the Linux kernel and less like game development

I don't think that is true. Linux kernel development is truly distributed. It is expected that there are multiple completely deployed branches. Most software development using git does have a single point of ownership and a single release branch. It is done on company machines with managed environments.

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