canpolat@programming.devM to Git@programming.devEnglish · 11 months agoWhat's the most creative or unconventional use of Git you've encountered?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most creative or unconventional use of Git you've encountered?canpolat@programming.devM to Git@programming.devEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorbin@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 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
blob
and each tree as atree
. Since git objects are content-addressed, this gives deduplication of ASTs for free, including CSE for sufficiently-pure ASTs.