canpolat@programming.devM to Git@programming.devEnglish · 9 months agoWhat's the most creative or unconventional use of Git you've encountered?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most creative or unconventional use of Git you've encountered?canpolat@programming.devM to Git@programming.devEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorbin@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI’ve put ASTs directly into git repositories by encoding each leaf as a blob and each tree as a tree. Since git objects are content-addressed, this gives deduplication of ASTs for free, including CSE for sufficiently-pure ASTs.
I’ve put ASTs directly into git repositories by encoding each leaf as a
bloband each tree as atree. Since git objects are content-addressed, this gives deduplication of ASTs for free, including CSE for sufficiently-pure ASTs.