The short version is that you can't do this with git, because it doesn't scale. See Facebook's discussion with git devs here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item

The short version is that you can't do this with git, because it doesn't scale. See Facebook's discussion with git devs here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3548824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3548824 The long version is that many are trying. MS is making some headway last I checked.