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The World Before Git (osshistory.org)
submitted 11 months ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/git@programming.dev
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[–] mundane@feddit.nu 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This comment was a better read than the linked article.

[–] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I know right? I was all excited when I saw the OP article because I was like, oh cool, someone's telling the story about this neat little piece of computing history. Then I went and read it and it was like "ChatGPT please tell me about the history of source control in a fairly boring style, with one short paragraph devoted to each applicable piece of technology."