Version Control Second Coming

(psantosl.github.io)

37 points | by bananaboy 2 days ago

2 comments

  • bolangi 24 minutes ago
    Dreaming of "virtual filesystems everywhere". Hmm, sorta sounds like Plan 9.

    Great to have an inside view of wrangling technologies for these behemoth data sets.

    • forrestthewoods 8 minutes ago
      > virtual filesystems everywhere

      Please universe I beg you.

      Git is incredibly mediocre. But it's all most people know. It's a version control tool that can't handle binary files; and no GitLFS does not count. The end result is a version control tool that is unable to actually version control all the things you need for a project.

      This results in a Meta VCS layer where a ton of critical assets are stored in Docker files and other misery. If you want to re-compile a project for 2015 then good luck and god speed.

      Personally I think full toolchains belong in source control. And that you should be able to clone / materialize a repro, yank your network cable, and build. This is how big tech monorepos work. It is TheWay imho.

  • alphaentity 9 minutes ago
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