Replacing Git with Git (Changelog Interviews #586)
This week we're talking to Scott Chacon, one of the co-founders of GitHub, to discuss the history and future of Git and Scott's new project Git Butler, a branch manager tool that's aiming to improve the developer experience of Git using Git. We also touch on the contentious topic of open source licensing and the challenges of defining "Open Source", FSL vs GPL, and more.
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- 0:00 This week on The Changelog
- 1:51 Sponsor: FireHydrant
- 4:26 Start the show!
- 7:39 Before Git
- 13:50 What's next?
- 20:51 Specialization vs Generalization
- 27:53 Virtual branches
- 32:27 Sponsor: CrabNebula
- 35:18 Branch naming is a chore
- 38:58 Replace Git with Git
- 51:34 Getting involved in GitButler
- 53:37 Very much decentralized
- 58:59 GitButler server?
- 1:03:18 Sponsor: Coda
- 1:04:30 Could you partner with GitHub?
- 1:09:11 FSL vs GPL
- 1:23:19 The marketability of "Open Source"
- 1:30:13 Thankful you care enough
- 1:34:35 "Functional Source"
- 1:36:27 Getting involved
- 1:39:14 Attend The Merge
- 1:41:34 Is this the end?
- 1:41:55 Outro
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