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I was at Google for a long time and it was almost entirely Perforce (some Googlers used git) until it was Piper (which is very similar to Perforce). L&S used CV
by thatoneguy 11y ago
I was at Google for a long time and it was almost entirely Perforce (some Googlers used git) until it was Piper (which is very similar to Perforce). L&S used CVS at Stanford for the original Backrub/Google code and for some time after the establishment of Google, Inc.
- farresito 11y agoIs Piper a wrapper around Perforce or built from scratch? What is it exactly, if you don't mind me asking?
- thatoneguy 11y agoIt was built from scratch because it was designed as a replacement for Perforce because Perforce is expensive and the G used wrappers around it, anyways. The commands are still basically the same as Google's wrappers around Perforce and the learning curve was non-existent for someone who was used to using Perforce at Google.