A Coherent Vision for the Future of Version Control

Re:A Coherent Vision for the Future of Version Control by adastra22 on Monday March 23, 2026 @01:02AM (#47485655)

Git is not a protocol, it is a data format. That only makes sense when your VCS system is similar enough to git to easily allow converting between the two representations.

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Re:A Coherent Vision for the Future of Version Control by simonw on Monday March 23, 2026 @03:52AM (#47486506)

I mean things like git-svn, hg-git, git-p4, git-remote-fossil, git-tfs, jj.

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Re:A Coherent Vision for the Future of Version Control by adastra22 on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:07AM (#47490564)

Every single one of those is following variations on the exact same data structure, or is actually git in a trenchcoat.

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