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We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git

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Re: We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git

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I like what I see in the video, it would solve a lot of problems I end up having with git.

That said, I find the branding confusing. They say this is what comes after git, but in the name and the overall functionality, seems to just be an abstraction on top of git, not a new source control tool to replace git.

Re: We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git

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Isn't that jj? Hopefully no one tells the VCs.

To me jj is an ok porcelain for git, but I find it worse than magit. Sure, it has some tricks under their sleves for merging, but I just don't run into weird merges and never needed more advanced commands like rerere.

What I'd would expect of the next vcs is to go beyond vcs of the files, but of the environment so works on my machine™ and configuring your git-hooks and CI becomes a thing of the past.

Do we need an LSP-like abstraction for environments and build systems instead of yet another definitive build system? IDK, my solution so far is sticking to nix, x86_64, and ignoring Windows and Mac, which is obviously not good enough for like 90%+ of devs.

Re: We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git

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Why does it take $17m to beat Git?

How will you ever get the network effects needed to get sustained users with a commercial tool?

Given Git was created because BitKeeper, a commercial tool, pulled their permission for kernel developers to use their tool aren’t we ignoring a lesson there?

Re: We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git

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Why does it take $17m to beat Git? How will you ever get the network effects needed to get sustained users with a commercial tool? Given Git was created because BitKeeper, a commercial tool, pulled their permission for kernel developers to use their tool aren’t we ignoring a lesson there?

Apparently it takes $17M and a whole team full of people to do what one guy with a chip on his shoulder could do for free.
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