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There is actually an old git for data project too: https://github.com/datproject/dat https://github.com/datproject/dat It's ~5 years old and I really wanted i

There is actually an old git for data project too: https://github.com/datproject/dat https://github.com/datproject/dat It's ~5 years old and I really wanted it to be huge. Hoping this new project is a success. Especially since I notice I went to high school with one of the founders of Dolt (Hey Tim!)

visarga 7y ago
Can it remove a file from the repo history? It's a GDPR feature that makes git hard to use for data.
cbenz 7y ago
Dat is more about distribution (décentralized, distributed, P2P) but it's not possible to make queries.
- enos_feedler 7y ago
  Yes, the project used to associate itself as a git for data, but I guess not in the sense of a db.
ken 7y ago
That project looks like a command-line p2p file sharing system. There doesn't appear to be any branching. It also doesn't appear to be a database (like with a schema), but simply raw files being passed around. There's no data types or queries. I'm not sure why you bring it up now. They don't call it "git for data" anywhere that I see, and it's missing 2 of the 3 core features that I think a "git for data" would need to have.
- enos_feedler 7y ago
  Like I said, this project is old. I brought it up in the context of older projects, independent of whether they succeeded pivoted, etc. If you did some research you would have made this connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX7qSwz3SCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX7qSwz3SCk (2013) - 'Introducing Dat: If Git Were Designed For Big Data' Talk by the founder. My point is they pivoted and so maybe this idea won't work, or this was too early. EDIT: Looking back on _your_ post, I mentioned it because you specifically said "It's a program, and it appears to be an open-source one you can download and use today." And that is what 'dat' is/was. I thought I would mention it.

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There is actually an old git for data project too: https://github.com/datproject/dat https://github.com/datproject/dat It's ~5 years old and I really wanted i

by enos_feedler 7y ago

visarga 7y ago
Can it remove a file from the repo history? It's a GDPR feature that makes git hard to use for data.
cbenz 7y ago
Dat is more about distribution (décentralized, distributed, P2P) but it's not possible to make queries.
- enos_feedler 7y ago
  Yes, the project used to associate itself as a git for data, but I guess not in the sense of a db.
ken 7y ago
That project looks like a command-line p2p file sharing system. There doesn't appear to be any branching. It also doesn't appear to be a database (like with a schema), but simply raw files being passed around. There's no data types or queries. I'm not sure why you bring it up now. They don't call it "git for data" anywhere that I see, and it's missing 2 of the 3 core features that I think a "git for data" would need to have.
- enos_feedler 7y ago
  Like I said, this project is old. I brought it up in the context of older projects, independent of whether they succeeded pivoted, etc. If you did some research you would have made this connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX7qSwz3SCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX7qSwz3SCk (2013) - 'Introducing Dat: If Git Were Designed For Big Data' Talk by the founder. My point is they pivoted and so maybe this idea won't work, or this was too early. EDIT: Looking back on _your_ post, I mentioned it because you specifically said "It's a program, and it appears to be an open-source one you can download and use today." And that is what 'dat' is/was. I thought I would mention it.