Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways

Re:Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways by desmondl on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:32PM (#48634916)

The main site mentions being able to "mount" a branch, vs. cloning a new repo or using git worktrees. And messageless commits for intermediate work. Besides that tho I don't see a compelling reason to ditch git, but looks interesting enough that I want to keep an eye on it

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Re:Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways by steve_adams_86 on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:18PM (#48635530)

> messageless commits for intermediate work

Would this be like `git commit --allow-empty-message`?

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Re:Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways by gryfft on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:05PM (#48635349)

I've heard of this before but never tried it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gitfs

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Re:Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways by y1n0 on Monday June 22, 2026 @06:49PM (#48637514)

What’s wrong with worktrees? To me that is exactly what mounting a branch would be. I use them a fair amount.

Edit: I see people bringing up lazy file checkouts in conjunction with mounting a branch. For some of the enormous repos people work in this makes sense to me.

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Re:Git is forever. I'm building Oak anyways by uberex on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @07:31AM (#48643388)

worktrees are cool, i find i need some bash aliases to like them as a human.

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