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Richard Hipp - Git: Just Say No

southeastlinuxfest · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

SQLite author Richard Hipp's talk at SouthEast LinuxFest criticizing Git's workflow and introducing Fossil as an alternative. He lists Git enhancements and argues for keeping history intact.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended for the SQLite author's reasoned case for a different approach to version control, and as an introduction to Fossil.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's a good talk, and caused me to discover Fossil SCM.”

    Hipp's git enhancements list and an introduction to Fossil

    asix66, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “The History of Git”

  2. “It sounded nice - refreshing, even.”

    Compares Fossil with Git, keeping history without rebasing

    brigandish, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Please stop recommending Gitflow”

  3. “If the author of SQLite advances some arguments around the proper way of doing version management, I would advise to error on the side of caution and listen at least a second time.”

    SQLite author's arguments about proper version management

    belter, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Git vs. Fossil: what you should have done vs. what you did”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: git, fossil, sqlite, richard hipp, version control

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