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Resurfaced independently across 5 calendar years, with breakout response in 3 of them.

submissions
8
submitters
7
observed span
2018–2024
peak thread · 94 comments
447 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-11-24
366 pts

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2007–2026

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This is interesting, a few disconnected points: - You should post this to the Git mailing list. We don't bite, and a lot of people would be interested in the details of how it works there. - If you haven't you should check out git-annex. It solves an entirely different problem, but much of the distributed custom merging of histories, using git for ad-hoc metadata etc. is the same problem you're solving. - You should be aware if you aren't…

avar·447-point thread·

Hi, author here. Happy to answer questions. Version 0.8 just got out[1]. For the next one, I'll try to focus on making the codebase fully ready for multi-entities and introduce a Project Board. Later we can add support for code review! If you are looking for how it works, you can have a look at the data model introduction[2]. git-bug is only pushed forward by volunteers so it's taking its time to fully grow, so I'll take the opportunity to…

Related: Fossil SCM is a distributed source code manager (just like Git), but with the added benefit that documentation and issues also goes in the repository (so like GitHub, but packed into the repository). When you clone a Fossil repository, you get everything, not just the code. http://fossil-scm.org/ Also been discussed on HN before, a selection: - Fossil VS Git (https://fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.wik...) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19006036 -…

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Total points
989

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