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Anthropic builds custom Git alternative for massive daily code changes

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Anthropic has developed a custom version control system to manage its massive daily code changes, exceeding 30,000 merges per day. This new system was necessitated because Git became unsuitable for their scale, with their main branch history alone reaching nearly 100 GB. The author criticizes this approach, arguing that the sheer volume of changes renders the version control system ineffective for tracking, validation, or understanding code evolution. AI

IMPACT Custom tooling for managing large-scale AI development workflows may influence best practices in software engineering for AI labs.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a custom tool developed by a company to manage its internal development workflow, rather than a core AI release or research.

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Anthropic builds custom Git alternative for massive daily code changes

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Anthropic are boasting about how they make so much code, GIT is no longer suitable as a version control system, and they had to create their own. They write s

    # Anthropic are boasting about how they make so much code, GIT is no longer suitable as a version control system, and they had to create their own. They write stuff to impress with large numbers, and I get that these might appeal to management that love to see numbers get higher …

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