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The tool that could replace git must free, ubiquitous, and arguably open-source. This is why I cannot imagine how raising $17M may pay for itself in that case,
by nine_k 7mo ago
The tool that could replace git must free, ubiquitous, and arguably open-source. This is why I cannot imagine how raising $17M may pay for itself in that case, to say nothing of a 10× return.
It may be a great tool, but I'd be very reluctant to use a closed-source solution as a cornerstone of infrastructure.
- malicka 7mo agoI would argue it being proprietary would be completely unacceptable, for such a position of importance. In any case, Git has become tremendously entrenched over the past couple decades. Anything that hopes to replace it would have to be significantly better to break from the inertia Git has. I’m honestly skeptical as to whether this is even possible in the near future. We’re not at all in the same historical moment as when SVN was beaten out.
- nine_k 7mo agoJJ has a good chance, because it builds on top of git, not replacing it abruptly.
- jasomill 7mo agoI was just thinking that. I first started using Git to interact with Subversion repositories as a better svn than svn, and I'm surely not the only one.
- PaulDavisThe1st 7mo agoyeah, it used to be that things like Perforce could still exist, because when they were created, they could do things that their OSS equivalents could not. but since then, so many people have gotten used to the basic model that git offers (even if they still have issues with details of the syntax). to gain a foothold in this environment is a monumental task, and anything that wasn't unambiguously libre and probably gratis too has little hope.
- sasham 7mo agoPerforce still exists and doing well, just because Git can't handle binary files and large repos. Which is a silly limitation these days.
- antod 7mo agogit's replacement won't be there because it was better at being what git is (too entrenched), but because git became redundant as the world changed around it. As agentic development takes over and people stop caring about source code, all the tooling (including languages themselves) and approaches to assist humans will be ripe for replacing with those for machines.
- mckn1ght 7mo agoExactly. Big “generals always prepare to fight the last war” energy.
- wraptile 7mo agoI mean it worked out for Astral who made open python tooling and got acquired by openai¹ maybe it's a new legit strategy now 1 - https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/ https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/