Re:Lies I was told about collab editing, Part 1: Algorithms ...
by josephg on Monday December 09, 2024 @10:01PM
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I want a tool with the best parts of both git and a crdt:
- From CRDTs I want support for realtime collaborative editing. This could even include non-code content (like databases). And some developer tools could use the stream of code changes to implement hot-module reloading and live typechecking.
- From git I want .. well, everything git does. Branches. Pull requests. Conflict detection when branches merge. Issue tracking. (This isn't part of git, but it would be easy to add using json-like CRDTs!)
We can do almost all of that today. The one part that's seriously missing is merge conflicts.
- From CRDTs I want support for realtime collaborative editing. This could even include non-code content (like databases). And some developer tools could use the stream of code changes to implement hot-module reloading and live typechecking.
- From git I want .. well, everything git does. Branches. Pull requests. Conflict detection when branches merge. Issue tracking. (This isn't part of git, but it would be easy to add using json-like CRDTs!)
We can do almost all of that today. The one part that's seriously missing is merge conflicts.