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I think Git will stay as long as we keep representing and working with code as plain text files. Of course I cannot think of a better way of working with code t
by lmarcos 6y ago
I think Git will stay as long as we keep representing and working with code as plain text files. Of course I cannot think of a better way of working with code that is not via plain text files (otherwise I would be already rich) but somehow I doubt that programming in 2120 is going to be like programming today: manipulation of code as plain text (although we have to admit that programming has been "manipulation of plain text files" since its very beginnings).
Git is still good for tracking changes in plain text files.
- gnufx 6y agoI don't think the original stored program computers even had files, but I don't know when the first recognisable filesystem was. There have been a number of image-based systems which you can program directly, possibly by direct manipulation, even if you ultimately store the image as a (binary?) file.