Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by urza » Wed, May 25, 2016, 10:57 AM UTC

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by akerro » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

It looks like ZFS which came from BSD systems will be/is the next big thing in Linux, not Ubuntu on Windows which gets more hype...

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by claytonaalves » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

"Using ZFS as a replacement of Git for is probably not a good idea..."

Of course not.

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by db48x » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:44 AM UTC

I like ZFS a lot, but it's no replacement for Git. Snapshots are really handy for a lot of things, but not for a group of developers collaborating over some source code.

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by raverbashing » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:49 AM UTC

> Who needs Git?

> Notably missing is support for merging

So, it's almost like a car except it's missing its wheels

No, it's not like Git

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by emmelaich » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:49 AM UTC

db48x wrote: post #4

I like ZFS a lot, but it's no replacement for Git. Snapshots are really handy for a lot of things, but not for a group of developers collaborating over some source code.

Did you read the article?

    "Of course, I'm not seriously suggesting you'd ditch a "proper" version control system

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by olavgg » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:52 AM UTC

ZFS is excellent for database development! Create a snapshot before you try something that mess up your data and instantly restore it! If your development database is a few gigabytes, this will save you a lot of time.

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by Finnucane » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:53 AM UTC

"Oracle's (previously Sun's) next-generation file system"

That's why you need to stick with Git.

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by RX14 » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:55 AM UTC

akerro wrote: post #2

It looks like ZFS which came from BSD systems will be/is the next big thing in Linux, not Ubuntu on Windows which gets more hype...

ZFS has been around and stable on Linux for years, I doubt it's going to be the next big thing. It's usefulness is pretty limited for VMs. Btrfs on vms is at least useful for docker.

Re: Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?

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Post by amelius » Wed, May 25, 2016, 11:56 AM UTC

olavgg wrote: post #7

ZFS is excellent for database development! Create a snapshot before you try something that mess up your data and instantly restore it! If your development database is a few gigabytes, this will save you a lot of time.

Sounds great. Can you also duplicate versions of a database to coworkers on the same machine without much cost?