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Why Facebook does not use Git – and why most other devs do • DEVCLASS (devclass.com)

submitted 1 month ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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Facebook does not use Git due to scale issues with their large monorepo, instead opting for Mercurial.
Mercurial may be a better option for large monorepos, but Git has made improvements to support them better.
Despite some drawbacks, Git usage remains dominant with 93.87% share, due to familiarity, additional tools, and industry trends.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (8 children)

What kind of RCS is used always depends on the organisation. We are actually using GIT and SVN, and both make sense for the departments that are using them.

[–] x1gma@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Serious question, why do they use SVN, as in what does SVN better than Git for the department using it?

[–] Malunga@derpzilla.net 4 points 1 month ago

Because we always used it!

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