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Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Re: Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Post by js2 »

foresto wrote: post #242
e40 wrote: post #43

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I think we can all agree that information should be behind a -v CLA. It's probably just something no one has thought of doing. I've learned over the decades to just ignore it.

> It's probably just something no one has thought of doing. One might reasonably think that about a number of git's rough edges, and one might be surprised at the reality. Some years ago, the annoyance of git's inconsistent terminology drove me to look into consolidating "cache", "index", and "staging area" in git's help text and documentation. What I found was that others had (of course) thought of it before, but wh…

I understand there's friction in contributing to git, but it's absolutely possible to improve the docs:

Contributions from jvns:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agit%2Fgit+jvns&type=commi...

Here she explains how she did it:

https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/

Contributions I've made:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agit%2Fgit+jaysoffian+docu...

Generically:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agit%2Fgit+documentation&t...

Do you have a link to your proposal on the git mailing list?

Re: Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Post by raincole »

throw2ih020 wrote: post #24

For context, since a lot of people on HN haven't worked on games - this is not intended to compete with Git for general software development. This is a competitor with Perforce for game development. Git is fine for text based files like code, but it's really bad at stuff like textures, 3D models, audio files, and other non-text files that game developers need to collaborate on. For example, one artist might need to o…

One thing I don't like about Git LFS is that there is no way to delete very old history. It's the 'git spirit' to not allow deleting history, but in the context of LFS it sounds horrible. Especially if you use Github.

If there is an asset that is updated very frequently in the early stage of development, you'll be charged for all the storage for the rest of the repo's life. That happens a lot in gamedev: most assets go back and forth early on but once it's done no one will touch them ever.

Re: Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Post by js2 »

throw_await wrote: post #273
foresto wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's probably just something no one has thought of doing. One might reasonably think that about a number of git's rough edges, and one might be surprised at the reality. Some years ago, the annoyance of git's inconsistent terminology drove me to look into consolidating "cache", "index", and "staging area" in git's help text and documentation. What I found was that others had (of course) thought of it before, but wh…

That makes me sad. This termainology is really one of the major flaws of git, along with the checkout/reset thing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574124

Re: Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Post by yonatan8070 »

ifh-hn wrote: post #252
danudey wrote: post #195

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As others have said, it's Apple and they do not take kindly to other people leaking their technology/announcements ahead of time. See also: the time that ATI's CEO told his employees that their chips would be powering Apple's to-be-announced hardware a few days before the announcement. Steve Jobs responded by pulling all of ATI's hardware from its demo units at the announcement, not mentioning ATI at all, cancelling…

Sounds like a bit of a dick...

One word: "Courage"

Re: Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Post by ibejoeb »

> lore stage covers adds, edits, and deletes — you use the same command for all three. Stage a deleted file and Lore records the deletion for the next commit. Moves and renames are tracked too, through a dedicated subcommand: lore stage move records the rename so the file keeps its identity and history across the move instead of registering as a delete plus an add.

Oof. So this isn't compatible with any tools that move or rename files. I can't see how this will be acceptable for real-world use.

Re: Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability

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Post by Zardoz84 »

stronglikedan wrote: post #193
superkuh wrote: post #63

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"Lore" is appropriate. Epic games is a very unethical company that steals from people. Myself in paticular. I bought Rocket League the game for linux from Psyonix. Epic bought Psyonix and immediately removed the game clients for linux and mac os. I can no longer play. They stole from me and many others. It'd be one thing if they just shut down the game entirely, but stealing it from only some people while keeping it…

> They stole from me and many others. It's more likely that they took advantage of some things in the license that you weren't aware of, since stealing would be illegal.

Could be legal, but it's un ethical
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