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Re:Mutagen – Cloud-based development using your local tools by slightwinder on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:41AM (#30958618)
How robust is the handling? Can it tolerate unreliable network? Lost connections and hiccups?
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Re:Mutagen – Cloud-based development using your local tools by xenoscopic on Friday April 08, 2022 @11:52AM (#30958774)
It can tolerate disconnection very reliably, and it will automatically reconnect to synchronization and forwarding endpoints as soon as possible.

Its synchronization algorithm in particular (which is essentially a (repeated) three-way merge with rsync-style differential file transfers) is designed for safety and robust tracking of the changes that it has propagated. It's also capable of resuming file transfers once it reconnects.

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